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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69621</law_id><section_number>8.01-172</section_number><catch_line>Balance for defendant a lien on the land</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Actions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="15">Improvements</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any such balance due to the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> shall constitute a <span class="dictionary">lien</span> upon the land recovered by the <span class="dictionary">plaintiff</span>, until the same shall be paid.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-848; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
