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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376920</law_id><section_number>8.01-214</section_number><catch_line>Where real estate 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>Such <span class="dictionary">sheriff</span> shall also sell the real estate levied on in the county wherein the <span class="dictionary">levy</span> was made, if it can be done, and if it cannot he shall make the sale at the courthouse of his own county.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-777; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
