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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376919</law_id><section_number>8.01-213</section_number><catch_line>Where same to be sold</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="12" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="3">Actions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="21" identifier="19">Actions by the Commonwealth</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">sheriff</span> to whom such <span class="dictionary">writ</span> of venditioni exponas is directed, shall sell the goods and chattels in the county where received, if they can be sold therein, and if not he shall cause them to be removed to the courthouse of his own county and there sold. The removal shall be at the costs of the <span class="dictionary">party</span> against whom the execution issued, and the sale under the execution shall be to raise the cost of removal, in addition to the amount which it would otherwise have been necessary to raise.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-776; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
