§ 55.1-2837 — When person damaged may proceed in court

Virginia § 55.1-2837

• Jurisdiction: Virginia
• Title 55.1: Property and Conveyances
• Subtitle V: Miscellaneous
• Ch. 28: Trespasses; Fences
• Art. 8: Cutting Timber

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If the amount specified in subsection B of § 55.1-2836 is not paid within 30 days after rendition of statement, the person upon whose land the trespass occurred may proceed for judgment in the amount of payment as specified in § 55.1-2836.

If upon receiving notice of the alleged trespass and of the appointment of an estimator, the person so receiving notice does not admit the fact of trespass, he may decline to appoint an estimator and notify the other party to such effect, together with his reason for refusing to appoint an estimator, and in such case the aggrieved party may proceed in the appropriate court.

Legislative History

Code 1950, § 8-909; 1968, c. 251; 1977, c. 624, § 55-334; 2004, cc. 604, 615; 2019, c. 712.