                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

OFFICER RECEIVING MONEY TO MAKE RETURN THEREOF AND PAY NET PROCEEDS; COMMISSION,
ETC (§ 8.01-499)

An officer receiving money under this chapter shall make return thereof
forthwith to the court or the clerk&#8217;s office of the court in which the
judgment is entered. For failing to do so, the officer shall be liable as if he
had acted under an order of such court. After deducting from such money a
commission of 10 percent and his necessary expenses and costs, including
reasonable fees to sheriff&#8217;s counsel, he shall pay the net proceeds, and
he and his sureties and their representatives shall be liable therefor, in like
manner as if the same had been made under a writ of fieri facias on the
judgment.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-429; 1977, c. 617; 2004, cc. 198, 211.