                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ACTION FOR FORECLOSURE OF LIEN; SATISFACTION (§ 63.2-1934)

Whenever a support lien has been filed, an action in foreclosure of lien upon
real or personal property may be brought in the circuit court of the
jurisdiction wherein such real or personal property is or was located and the
lien was filed. Judgment if rendered in favor of the Department shall be for the
amount due, with costs, and the court shall allow, as part of the costs, the
moneys paid for making and filing the claim of lien, and a reasonable
attorney&#8217;s fee. The court shall order any property upon which any lien
provided for by this chapter is established, to be sold by the sheriff of the
proper jurisdiction to satisfy the lien and costs. The payment of the lien debt,
costs and reasonable attorney&#8217;s fees, at any time before sale, shall
satisfy the judgment of foreclosure. Where the net proceeds of sale upon
application to the debt claimed do not satisfy the debt in full, the Department
shall have judgment over any deficiency remaining unsatisfied and further levy
upon other property of the judgment debtor may be made under the same execution.
In all sales contemplated under this section, advertising of notice shall only
be necessary for two weeks in a newspaper published in the jurisdiction where
such property is located, and if there be no newspaper therein, then in the most
convenient newspaper having a circulation in such jurisdiction. Remedies
provided for herein are alternatives to remedies provided for in other sections
of this chapter.

HISTORY: 1974, c. 413, § 63.1-262; 1976, c. 357; 1988, c. 906; 2002, c. 747.