                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN PLAINTIFF MAY REQUIRE HIS ESTATE ONLY TO BE VALUED; HOW DETERMINED; HOW HE
MAY ELECT TO RELINQUISH HIS TITLE TO DEFENDANT (§ 8.01-175)

A. When the defendant shall claim allowance for improvements, the plaintiff may,
by an entry on the record, require that the value of his estate in the premises,
without the improvements, shall also be ascertained.

B. The value of the premises in such case shall be determined as it would have
been at the time of the inquiry, if no such improvements had been made, and
shall be ascertained in the manner hereinbefore provided for determining the
value of improvements.

C. The plaintiff in such case, if judgment is rendered for him, may at any time,
enter on the record his election to relinquish his estate in the premises to the
defendant at the value so ascertained under this section, and the defendant
shall thenceforth hold all the estate that the plaintiff had therein at the
commencement of the suit, provided he pay therefor such value, with interest, in
the manner in which the court may direct.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 8-851, 8-852, 8-853; 1977, c. 617.