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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>369825</law_id><section_number>55.1-2837</section_number><catch_line>When person damaged may proceed in court</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="120" identifier="55.1">Property and Conveyances</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="V">Miscellaneous</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="5" identifier="28">Trespasses; Fences</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="8" identifier="8">Cutting Timber</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If the amount specified in subsection B of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Procedure for determination of damage" href="/55.1-2836/">55.1-2836</a> is not paid within 30 days after rendition of statement, the person upon whose land the trespass occurred may proceed for <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> in the amount of payment as specified in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Procedure for determination of damage" href="/55.1-2836/">55.1-2836</a>.</p><p>If upon receiving notice of the alleged trespass and of the appointment of an estimator, the person so receiving notice does not admit the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> of trespass, he may decline to appoint an estimator and notify the other party to such effect, together with his reason for refusing to appoint an estimator, and in such case the <span class="dictionary">aggrieved party</span> may proceed in the appropriate <span class="dictionary">court</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-909; 1968, c. 251; 1977, c. 624, &#xA7; 55-334; 2004, cc. 604, 615; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
