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The owner of the property, after he has demanded such residue and proved by the affidavit of some other person, or by a competent witness, his right thereto, or offered to prove such right, and if the owner of the land has refused or declined to inspect or hear the evidence thereof, (i) may recover such residue, when the property has been sold, as money received for his use; (ii) may recover such residue, when the property has not been sold, as the price of goods sold by the owner of the property to the owner of the land; or (iii) may have his action of trover to the extent of such residue.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1379672,"text":"If the owner of drift property described in \u00a7 55.1-2700 does not, within three months from the time the property was so deposited, remove or demand the property from the owner of the land, the owner of the land may sell the property or otherwise convert it to his own use, provided that the owner of the land, after deducting a just compensation for any proper care, labor, or expense bestowed, done, or incurred by him for the property from the amount received by him as the price thereof, or the actual value thereof at the time of such sale or other conversion, shall pay to the owner of the property, if he elects to receive it, the residue of the price or of the actual value, as the case may be. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":369784,"section_number":"55.1-2700","catch_line":"Who is entitled to drift property","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2700\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1475181,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369786,"identifier":"55.1-2702","token":"55.1\/V\/27\/55.1-2702","url":"\/55.1-2702\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2702\/","token":"55.1\/V\/27\/55.1-2702","dublin_core":{"Title":"When owner of land may sell drift property; owner of property entitled to proceeds after payment of expenses, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2702","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the owner of drift property described in \u00a7 55.1-2700<\/a> does not, within three months from the time the property was so deposited, remove or demand the property from the owner of the land, the owner of the land may sell the property or otherwise convert it to his own use, provided that the owner of the land, after deducting a just compensation for any proper care, labor, or expense bestowed, done, or incurred by him for the property from the amount received by him as the price thereof, or the actual value thereof at the time of such sale or other conversion, shall pay to the owner of the property, if he elects to receive it, the residue of the price or of the actual value, as the case may be. The owner of the property, after he has demanded such residue and proved by the affidavit<\/span> of some other person, or by a competent witness<\/span>, his right thereto, or offered to prove such right, and if the owner of the land has refused or declined to inspect or hear the evidence<\/span> thereof, (i) may recover such residue, when the property has been sold, as money received for his use; (ii) may recover such residue, when the property has not been sold, as the price of goods sold by the owner of the property to the owner of the land; or (iii) may have his action of trover to the extent of such residue.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN OWNER OF LAND MAY SELL DRIFT PROPERTY; OWNER OF PROPERTY ENTITLED TO\nPROCEEDS AFTER PAYMENT OF EXPENSES, ETC (\u00a7 55.1-2702)\n\nIf the owner of drift property described in \u00a7 55.1-2700 does not, within three\nmonths from the time the property was so deposited, remove or demand the\nproperty from the owner of the land, the owner of the land may sell the property\nor otherwise convert it to his own use, provided that the owner of the land,\nafter deducting a just compensation for any proper care, labor, or expense\nbestowed, done, or incurred by him for the property from the amount received by\nhim as the price thereof, or the actual value thereof at the time of such sale\nor other conversion, shall pay to the owner of the property, if he elects to\nreceive it, the residue of the price or of the actual value, as the case may be.\nThe owner of the property, after he has demanded such residue and proved by the\naffidavit of some other person, or by a competent witness, his right thereto, or\noffered to prove such right, and if the owner of the land has refused or\ndeclined to inspect or hear the evidence thereof, (i) may recover such residue,\nwhen the property has been sold, as money received for his use; (ii) may recover\nsuch residue, when the property has not been sold, as the price of goods sold by\nthe owner of the property to the owner of the land; or (iii) may have his action\nof trover to the extent of such residue.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 3571; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-209; 2019, c. 712.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}