Improvements

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This is Article 15 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Improvements.” It is part of Chapter 3 “Actions”, which is part of Title 8.01 “Civil Remedies and Procedure”.

It’s comprised of the following 13 sections.

§ 8.01-166	How defendant may apply therefor, and have judgment suspended
§ 8.01-167	How damages of plaintiff assessed
§ 8.01-168	For what time
§ 8.01-169	How value of improvements determined in favor of defendant
§ 8.01-170	If allowance for improvements exceed damages, what to be done
§ 8.01-171	Verdict for balance, after offsetting damages against improvements
§ 8.01-172	Balance for defendant a lien on the land
§ 8.01-173	How tenant for life, paying for improvements, reimbursed
§ 8.01-174	Exception as to mortgagees and trustees
§ 8.01-175	When plaintiff may require his estate only to be valued; how determined; how he may elect to relinquish his title to defendant
§ 8.01-176	How payment of such value to be made by defendant; when land sold therefor
§ 8.01-177	When such value to be deemed real estate
§ 8.01-178	When and how defendant, if evicted, may recover from plaintiff amount paid