                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ORDER OF SALE BY GOVERNOR (§ 55.1-2419)

Not less than six months after the publication of the escheator&#8217;s
certificate pursuant to § 55.1-2418, the State Treasurer shall present to the
Governor the escheator&#8217;s certificate and proof of publication, and, if a
claim has not been made pursuant to § 55.1-2409, or, if made, has been decided
in favor of the Commonwealth, the Governor shall order the escheated land to be
sold upon such terms, at such time, and at such place within the county or city
in which the property is located, or if the property is located within a city
that is located wholly within a county, then the sale may take place in the
city, or a contiguous county or city as he deems proper. The order of sale shall
be delivered to the State Treasurer, to be transmitted to the escheator, who
shall proceed to sell according to such order.

HISTORY: 1977, c. 583, § 55-184.1; 1981, c. 514; 1982, c. 486; 1996, cc. 256,
551; 2019, c. 712.