If any person conveys any real estate and the purchase money or any part thereof remains unpaid at the time of the conveyance, he shall not thereby have a lien for such unpaid purchase money, unless such lien is expressly reserved on the face of the conveyance.
Va. Code Ann. § 55.1-311
Vendor's equitable lien abolished
Code 1919, § 5183; Code 1950, § 55-53; 2019, c. 712.
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