§ 55.1-107 Default or surrender of tenant for life not to prejudice remainderman
If any tenant for life of land make default or surrender, the heirs or those entitled to the remainder may, before judgment, be admitted to defend their right or, after judgment, may assert their right without prejudice from such default or surrender.
History
The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. The oldest record of it is its appearance in the Code of Virginia of 1919, as § 5443. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1950, when it was recodified as § 55-8; in 2019, chapter 712.
Code 1919, § 5443; Code 1950, § 55-8; 2019, c. 712.