                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FURTHER POWERS OF COMMISSIONER; DELEGATION TO SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE (§
3.2-603)

The Commissioner may:

1. Collect, compromise, adjust, or cancel claims and obligations arising out of
or administered under this chapter or under any mortgage, lease, contract, or
agreement entered into or administered pursuant to this chapter and, if in his
judgment necessary and advisable, pursue the same to final collection in any
appropriate court;

2. Bid for and purchase at any execution, foreclosure, or other sale, or
otherwise to acquire property where the Commissioner has a lien by reason of
judgment or execution, or that is pledged, mortgaged, conveyed, or otherwise
secures any loan or other indebtedness owing to or acquired by the Commissioner
under this chapter; and

3. Accept title to any property so purchased or acquired; to operate or lease
such property for such period as may be deemed necessary to protect the
investment therein; and to sell or otherwise dispose of such property in a
manner consistent with the provisions of this chapter.
			The authority herein contained may be delegated to the U.S. Department of
Agriculture with respect to funds or assets authorized to be administered and
used by him under agreements entered into pursuant to &#xA7; 3.2-601.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 3-27.4; 1952, c. 118; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-26; 2008, c.
860.