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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>347458</law_id><section_number>15.2-1622</section_number><catch_line>Judgment against officer for money due from him</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="46" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="7" identifier="16">Local Constitutional Officers, Courthouses and Supplies</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="3" identifier="3">Sheriff</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If any officer or his deputy makes a return upon any <span class="dictionary">order</span>, warrant or process by which it appears that he has received any sum of money by virtue of such <span class="dictionary">order</span>, warrant or process or, having received any sum of money by virtue of any warrant, <span class="dictionary">order</span> or process, he fails to make proper return thereof, the person entitled to such sum of money may, by <span class="dictionary">motion</span> to the <span class="dictionary">court</span> to which, or to the clerk&#x2019;s office of which, such <span class="dictionary">order</span>, warrant or process was returnable, recover against such officer and his sureties and against his and their personal representatives the amount so received, with interest thereon at the annual rate of fifteen percent from the time such <span class="dictionary">order</span>, warrant or process was returnable till payment; and, upon such <span class="dictionary">motion</span>, the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> that such <span class="dictionary">order</span>, warrant or process has not been returned, as herein required, shall be <span class="dictionary">prima facie proof</span> that the whole amount required thereby to be made, principal, interest and costs, has been collected. When such collection or return is made by a deputy, there may also be a like <span class="dictionary">motion</span> and <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> against such deputy and his sureties and against his and their personal representatives.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-520; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-85; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
