Sale of real estate for delinquent taxes; procedure; enforcement of liens; orders of publication. Amends certain procedures relating to the sale of real estate to recover delinquent real estate taxes, including the enforcement of liens for taxes assessed upon real estate. The bill clarifies that any party or entity with an interest in the subject real estate, including a lienor, a person with a claim of title, or the beneficiary and trustees under a deed of trust, shall be named as party defendants in a proceeding for the sale of such real estate. The bill also makes the process by which notice by publication is given for a proceeding to enforce a lien for delinquent real estate taxes consistent with other actions where notice by publication is authorized. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 8.01-268, 8.01-317, 8.01-318, 8.01-623, 58.1-3965, 58.1-3967, 58.1-3968, 58.1-3970.1, 58.1-3973, 58.1-3974, 8.01-321
Enrolled: 8.01-268, 8.01-317, 8.01-318, 8.01-623, 58.1-3965, 58.1-3967, 58.1-3968, 58.1-3970.1, 58.1-3973, 58.1-3974, 8.01-321
Chaptered: 8.01-268, 8.01-317, 8.01-318, 8.01-623, 58.1-3965, 58.1-3967, 58.1-3968, 58.1-3970.1, 58.1-3973, 58.1-3974, 8.01-321