                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LAW OF EMBLEMENTS (§ 55.1-1700)

In all cases, the right to emblements shall be as at common law, provided,
however, that in any sale of land under a deed of trust or mortgage, such sale
shall be made subject to the right and interest of a tenant in any crop planted
by him under a bona fide lease for no more than one year, entered into by him
with the mortgagor after the execution of such deed of trust or mortgage, but
during such time as the mortgagor is allowed to remain in possession of the
mortgaged premises and before the premises is advertised for sale under such
deed of trust, or under an order in an action brought for the foreclosure of
such deed of trust or mortgage.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5540; 1928, p. 1146; 1938, p. 762; Code 1950, § 55-249;
2019, c. 712.