                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

NO UNREASONABLE DISTRESS OR LEVY; SUSTENANCE PROVIDED FOR LIVESTOCK; REMOVAL OF
PROPERTY (§ 8.01-490)

Officers shall in no case make an unreasonable distress or levy. For horses, or
any livestock distrained or levied on, the officer shall provide sufficient
sustenance while they remain in his possession. Nothing distrained or levied on
shall be removed by him out of his county or city, except that an officer
distraining or levying on personal property may employ a Virginia-licensed
auctioneer or auction firm, as those terms are defined in § 54.1-600, to sell
such property on behalf of the officer, and the officer may remove such property
to transport such property to the site of an auction for such sale, regardless
of whether such site is within or outside such officer&#8217;s county or city,
or unless when it is otherwise specially provided.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-421.2; 1977, c. 617; 2022, c. 62.