                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SUFFICIENCY OF BIDS AT DELINQUENT SALES (§ 21-381)

No bid at any sale shall be received unless sufficient in amount to discharge
all the drainage assessments and other charges due by the delinquent lands or
owner thereof, together with all costs and expenses of sale. If no sufficient
bid be received, the board of viewers shall be deemed the purchaser at a sum
sufficient to pay all assessments which are due, and costs, as above stated, and
shall be entitled to receive a certificate of purchase and deed in the manner
provided by law for purchases at tax sales. The board of viewers shall only be
required to pay the costs and expenses of sale before receiving a certificate of
purchase, and no lands shall be subsequently sold for drainage assessments while
the board of viewers holds a certificate of purchase or deed therefor.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 1771; 1926, p. 621; 1936, p. 1036; 1954, c. 642.