                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LEVY OF EXECUTION (§ 46.2-644)

A levy made by virtue of an execution, fieri facias, or other court order, on a
motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer for which a certificate of title has been
issued by the Department, shall constitute a lien, subsequent to security
interests previously recorded by the Department and subsequent to security
interests in inventory held for sale and perfected as otherwise permitted by
law, when the officer making the levy reports to the Department on forms
provided by the Department, that the levy has been made and that the motor
vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer levied on has been seized by him. If the lien
is thereafter satisfied or should the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer
thus levied on and seized thereafter be released by the officer, he shall
immediately report that fact to the Department. Any owner who, after the levy
and seizure by an officer and before the officer reports the levy and seizure to
the Department, shall fraudulently assign or transfer his title to or interest
in a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer or cause its certificate of title to
be assigned or transferred or cause a security interest to be shown on its
certificate of title shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-77; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-77; 1966, c. 558; 1972, c.
408; 1989, c. 727.