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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 1977, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1507249,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376910,"identifier":"8.01-205","token":"8.01\/3\/19\/8.01-205","url":"\/8.01-205\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-205\/","token":"8.01\/3\/19\/8.01-205","dublin_core":{"Title":"How sale made","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-205","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If the amount of the execution be not sooner paid, such officer shall proceed, on the day mentioned in the notice, to sell at public auction the interest of the <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> against whom the execution issued in the real estate or so much thereof as the officer may deem sufficient; and if a part only be sold it shall be laid off in one parcel in such place and manner as the debtor or his agent may direct or, if he give no direction, as the officer may deem best.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW SALE MADE (\u00a7 8.01-205)\n\nIf the amount of the execution be not sooner paid, such officer shall proceed,\non the day mentioned in the notice, to sell at public auction the interest of\nthe party against whom the execution issued in the real estate or so much\nthereof as the officer may deem sufficient; and if a part only be sold it shall\nbe laid off in one parcel in such place and manner as the debtor or his agent\nmay direct or, if he give no direction, as the officer may deem best.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-768; 1977, c. 617.","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"}}