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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>348638</law_id><section_number>15.2-5212</section_number><catch_line>Property of commission exempt from foreclosure or execution sale and judgment lien</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="4" identifier="IV">Other Governmental Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="10" identifier="52">Hospital or Health Center Commissions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No interest of the commission in any property, real or personal, shall be subject to sale by foreclosure of a mortgage, trust indenture, or any other instrument, either through judicial proceedings or the exercise of a power of sale contained in the instrument. All commission property shall be exempt from <span class="dictionary">levy</span> and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or judicial process shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> against the commission. No <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> against the commission shall be a charge or <span class="dictionary">lien</span> upon its property, real or personal.</p><p>Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the owner of a leasehold interest granted by the commission from granting a <span class="dictionary">lien</span> or other security interest in his leasehold which would be subject to sale or foreclosure as provided in any instrument creating the <span class="dictionary">lien</span> or other security interest. Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the commission from granting a <span class="dictionary">lien</span> on, or creating a security interest in, commission property, real or personal, to secure any <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> issued under this chapter, any of which property will be subject to sale or foreclosure as provided in the instrument granting such <span class="dictionary">lien</span> or creating such security interest.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 32-286; 1975, c. 295, &#xA7; 15.1-1526; 1979, c. 719; 1994, c. 759; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
