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's county or city, or unless when it is otherwise specially provided.
Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-490
No unreasonable distress or levy; sustenance provided for livestock; removal of property
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Horbach v. Traverse Technologies, Inc. (1994)
Most recently applied in Horbach v. Traverse Technologies, Inc. (November 1994)
Code 1950, § 8-421.2; 1977, c. 617; 2022, c. 62.
Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.