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§ 55.1-2400. Definition - As used in this chapter, "known" in terms of determining...
§ 55.1-2401. Appointment of escheators - The Governor shall appoint one escheator for every judicial circuit...
§ 55.1-2402. Bond of escheator - Each escheator shall give bond for the judicial circuit for...
§ 55.1-2403. Increase or reduction of penalty of escheator's bond; effect - The court may, at any time, with reasonable notice to...
§ 55.1-2404. Annual report to escheator; lands not liable - Each treasurer shall, every May, furnish to the escheator of...
§ 55.1-2405. Escheator to hold inquest; notice of inquest - On receiving a list compiled pursuant to § 55.1-2404, or...
§ 55.1-2406. Jury of inquest; presentation of evidence - The sheriff of the county or city shall summon and...
§ 55.1-2407. Attendance of jurors; compensation - If any person summoned or adjourned as a juror fails...
§ 55.1-2408. How verdict signed; where returned and recorded - When the inquest is concluded and the verdict concurred in...
§ 55.1-2409. Proceedings to claim land escheated - When the verdict on an inquest is for the Commonwealth,...
§ 55.1-2410. Trial by jury; judgment of court - Upon a petition filed pursuant to § 55.1-2409, the court...
§ 55.1-2411. Facts or evidence to be certified - If witnesses are sworn before the court or jury, the...
§ 55.1-2412. Lands may be committed to claimant while claim pending - Pending the petition, the court may commit the lands, or...
§ 55.1-2413. Disposition of lands while claim is pending, if not committed to claimant - If the escheator leases property remaining in his hands, he...
§ 55.1-2414. Escheator to notify State Treasurer of claim and decision - The escheator shall certify to the State Treasurer, within 60...
§ 55.1-2415. Escheators to certify lands escheated - Every escheator shall, within 60 days after an inquest that...
§ 55.1-2416. Removal of parcels from the certificate - If the escheator finds that the escheat of a parcel...
§ 55.1-2417. Escheat of property with hazardous materials - In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the...
§ 55.1-2418. Publication of escheator's certificate - The State Treasurer shall cause the contents of the certificate...
§ 55.1-2419. Order of sale by Governor - Not less than six months after the publication of the...
§ 55.1-2420. Form of sale agreement; notice of right to refund - A sale agreement for the purchase of escheated property shall...
§ 55.1-2421. When grant to issue to purchaser; reimbursable expenses - A. When the escheator sells for cash, he shall certify...
§ 55.1-2422. Form of grant of escheated property - A grant of escheated property shall be without warranty and...
§ 55.1-2423. Governor to sign and seal grant; Librarian of Virginia to record it; delivery to and by State Treasurer - The State Treasurer shall deliver such grant of escheated property...
§ 55.1-2424. Recordation of certified copy of grant - The clerk shall accept for recordation a copy of the...
§ 55.1-2425. Resale in case of default - If the purchaser does not pay the purchase money into...
§ 55.1-2426. Reports by escheators to State Treasurer - The escheator shall file reports with the State Treasurer as...
§ 55.1-2427. Reports by State Treasurer to the Governor; penalty on escheators for failure of duty - The State Treasurer shall, every May 1, file a report...
§ 55.1-2428. State Treasurer may examine records of any escheator, commissioner of the revenue, or treasurer - The State Treasurer may at reasonable times and upon reasonable...
§ 55.1-2429. When State Treasurer to issue grant to purchaser - The State Treasurer shall not request that the Governor issue...
§ 55.1-2430. Escheator's pay - Except as otherwise provided in this section, the escheator shall...
§ 55.1-2431. Escheat of estates in trust and equitable titles - An estate vested in a person solely by mortgage or...
§ 55.1-2432. Provision in favor of tenant of escheated land - If any person holds any escheated land under a lease...
§ 55.1-2433. In favor of creditor of decedent - If any debt of a person who died in possession...
§ 55.1-2434. Escheators to defend on behalf of Commonwealth - The escheator shall answer and defend on the part of...
§ 55.1-2435. Recovery by escheator of decedent's escheated residue and of property abandoned or derelict; fee - The residue of a decedent's estate consisting of real property...
§ 55.1-2436. Publication of action; what to state and require - When any action is instituted pursuant to § 55.1-2435, the...
§ 55.1-2437. Order of the court - If no person appears and shows that he has title...
§ 55.1-2438. How money paid into state treasury from escheats may be recovered - A. If within 120 days from the date of sale,...
§ 55.1-2439. Regulations of the State Treasurer - The State Treasurer shall adopt any necessary regulations in accordance...
§ 55.1-2440. Continuation of certain statutes - The first section of Chapter 114 of the Code of...
§ 55.1-2441. Pendency of escheat proceedings no bar to condemnation proceedings - Notwithstanding any provision contained in this chapter, the Commissioner of...