Such appeal shall be tried by the court in a summary way, without pleadings in writing and without a jury, after ten days' notice to the adverse party, and the hearing shall be de novo. The amount finally assessed against or apportioned to each landowner, or fixed by agreement with him, as hereinbefore provided, shall be a lien enforceable in equity on his abutting land, from the time when the work of improvement has been completed, subject to his right of appeal and objections as aforesaid. Such lien shall be enforceable against any person deemed to have had notice of the proposed assessment under § 15.2-2412, but if no abstract of the resolution or ordinance authorizing the improvement is docketed as provided in § 15.2-2412, such lien shall be void as to all purchasers for valuable consideration without notice and lien creditors until and except from the time it is duly admitted to record in the county or city wherein the land is situated.
Code 1950, § 15-676; 1952, c. 332; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-246; 1964, c. 521; 1978, c. 15; 1989, c. 171; 1997, c. 587.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns
Chapter 24 - Service Districts; Taxes and Assessments for Local Improvements
§ 15.2-2400. Creation of service districts
§ 15.2-2401. Creation of service districts by court order in consolidated cities
§ 15.2-2402. Description of proposed service district
§ 15.2-2402.1. Change to service district boundaries
§ 15.2-2403. Powers of service districts
§ 15.2-2403.1. Creation of urban transportation service districts
§ 15.2-2403.2. Virginia Wallops Research Park Leadership Council established
§ 15.2-2403.4. Community improvement districts
§ 15.2-2404. Authority to impose taxes or assessments for local improvements; purposes
§ 15.2-2406. How cost assessed or apportioned
§ 15.2-2408. Notice to landowner of amount of assessment
§ 15.2-2409. How notice given; objections
§ 15.2-2410. Appeal to court; duty of clerk of governing body, etc.
§ 15.2-2411. How such appeal tried; lien of judgment; when to take effect; how enforced
§ 15.2-2412. Docketing of abstracts of resolutions or ordinances
§ 15.2-2413. Installment payment of assessments
§ 15.2-2413.2. Filing of tourism improvement district plan
§ 15.2-2413.3. Petition for a proposed tourism improvement district
§ 15.2-2413.4. Hearing on a proposed tourism improvement district
§ 15.2-2413.5. Establishment or extension of the tourism improvement district
§ 15.2-2413.6. Local ordinances related to tourism improvement districts
§ 15.2-2413.7. Amendment to the tourism improvement district plan
§ 15.2-2413.9. Expenses of the tourism improvement district