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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377471</law_id><section_number>8.01-500</section_number><catch_line>Officer receiving money to notify person entitled to receive it</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="38" identifier="18">Executions and Other Means of Recovery</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="4" identifier="4">Enforcement Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every officer collecting or receiving money to be applied on any execution or other legal process, or on any claim, whether <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> has been rendered thereon or not, shall notify in writing by mail or otherwise, within thirty days after such money is received, the <span class="dictionary">person</span> entitled to receive such money, if known. Any officer failing without good cause to comply with this section within the time prescribed shall be fined not less than twenty dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each <span class="dictionary">offense</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-430; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
