CODE OF VIRGINIA

NO UNREASONABLE DISTRESS OR LEVY; SUSTENANCE PROVIDED FOR LIVESTOCK; REMOVAL OF
PROPERTY (§ 8.01-490)

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, unless when it is otherwise
specially provided.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-421.2; 1977, c. 617.