Escheats Generally
This is Chapter 10 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Escheats Generally.” It is part of Title 55, titled “Property And Conveyances.” It’s comprised of the following 43 sections.
- § 55-168
- Appointment of escheators
- § 55-169
- Their bond; their removal
- § 55-170
- Increase or reduction of penalty of their bonds; its effect
- § 55-170.1
- Definition
- § 55-171
- Annual report to escheator; lands not liable
- § 55-172
- Escheator to hold inquest; notice thereof
- § 55-173
- Jury of inquest, how summoned, etc.; evidence, how given
- § 55-174
- Attendance of jurors
- § 55-175
- How verdict signed; where returned and recorded
- § 55-176
- Proceedings to claim land escheated
- § 55-177
- Trial by jury; judgment of court
- § 55-178
- Facts or evidence to be certified
- § 55-179
- Lands may be committed to claimant while claim pending
- § 55-180
- Disposition thereof, if not so committed
- § 55-181
- Escheator to notify State Treasurer of claim and decision
- § 55-182
- Escheators to certify lands escheated
- § 55-182.1
- Removal of parcels from the certificate
- § 55-182.2
- Escheat of property with hazardous materials
- § 55-183
- Publication of escheator's certificate
- § 55-184
- Repealed
- § 55-184.1
- Order of sale by Governor
- § 55-185
- Repealed
- § 55-186
- When grant to issue to purchaser; reimbursable expenses
- § 55-186.2
- Governor to sign and seal grant; Librarian of Virginia to record it, etc.; delivery to and by State Treasurer
- § 55-186.3
- Unrecorded escheat grants; original lost or destroyed; certified copy of grant
- § 55-187
- Resale in case of default
- § 55-188
- Repealed
- § 55-189
- Reports by escheators to State Treasurer; payment of moneys into state treasury
- § 55-190
- Reports by State Treasurer to the Governor; penalty on escheators for failure of duty
- § 55-190.1
- State Treasurer may examine records of any commissioner of the revenue or escheator
- § 55-191
- When State Treasurer to issue grant to purchaser
- § 55-192
- Escheator's pay
- § 55-193
- Escheat of estates in trust and equitable titles
- § 55-194
- Provision in favor of tenant of escheated land
- § 55-195
- In favor of creditor of decedent
- § 55-196
- Escheators to defend on behalf of Commonwealth
- § 55-197
- Recovery by escheator of decedent's escheated residuum, and of property derelict; fee
- § 55-198
- Publication of suit; what to state and require
- § 55-199
- Decree of the court
- § 55-200
- How money paid into state treasury from escheats may be recovered
- § 55-200.1
- Rules and regulations of the State Treasurer
- § 55-201
- Continuation of certain statutes
- § 55-201.1
- Pendency of escheat proceedings no bar to condemnation proceedings