General Receivers

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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “General Receivers.” It is part of Chapter 22 “Receivers, General and Special”, which is part of Title 8.01 “Civil Remedies and Procedure”. It contains 10 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 10 sections.

§ 8.01-582	Appointment of general receivers; their duties; audit of funds
§ 8.01-583	How securities taken and kept; power of receivers over same
§ 8.01-584	How dividends and interest collected and invested
§ 8.01-585	How accounts kept by receivers
§ 8.01-586	Inquiry as to unknown owners of funds
§ 8.01-587	Liability of general receivers
§ 8.01-588	Bonds generally
§ 8.01-588.1	Bonds apportioned to funds under control; annual reports
§ 8.01-589	Compensation and fees; when none allowed
§ 8.01-590	Penalty for failure of duty