                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

HOW SUCH APPEAL TRIED; LIEN OF JUDGMENT; WHEN TO TAKE EFFECT; HOW ENFORCED (§
15.2-2411)

Such appeal shall be tried by the court in a summary way, without pleadings in
writing and without a jury, after ten days&#8217; notice to the adverse party,
and the hearing shall be de novo. The amount finally assessed against or
apportioned to each landowner, or fixed by agreement with him, as hereinbefore
provided, shall be a lien enforceable in equity on his abutting land, from the
time when the work of improvement has been completed, subject to his right of
appeal and objections as aforesaid. Such lien shall be enforceable against any
person deemed to have had notice of the proposed assessment under § 15.2-2412,
but if no abstract of the resolution or ordinance authorizing the improvement is
docketed as provided in § 15.2-2412, such lien shall be void as to all
purchasers for valuable consideration without notice and lien creditors until
and except from the time it is duly admitted to record in the county or city
wherein the land is situated.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-676; 1952, c. 332; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-246; 1964, c.
521; 1978, c. 15; 1989, c. 171; 1997, c. 587.