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§ 55.1-1418. Remedy when rent is to be paid in other thing than money

When goods are distrained or attached for rent reserved in a share of the crop, or in anything other than money, the claimant of the rent shall give the tenant 10 days’ notice, and the claimant may then apply to the court to which the attachment is returnable, or the circuit court of the county […]

§ 55.1-1419. Proceedings to establish right of reentry; judgment

Any person who has a right of reentry into lands by reason of any rent issuing thereout being in arrear, or by reason of the breach of any covenant or condition, may serve a declaration in ejectment on the tenant in possession, if any, or, if the possession is vacant, by posting the declaration upon […]

§ 55.1-1420. When defendant barred of relief

Should the defendant to a proceeding filed pursuant to § 55.1-1419, or other person on his behalf, not pay the rent in arrear, with interest and costs, nor file a complaint for relief against such forfeiture, within 12 months after execution executed, he shall be barred of all right to be restored to such lands […]

§ 55.1-1421. How trustee or mortgagee relieved from the forfeiture

Any mortgagee or trustee of lands subject to a proceeding filed pursuant to § 55.1-1419 may, within 12 months after execution executed, pay the rent and all arrears, with interest and costs, or file a complaint for relief against such forfeiture; and thereupon may be relieved against it, on the same terms and conditions as […]

§ 55.1-1422. How owner relieved in court

If the owner of lands subject to a proceeding filed pursuant to § 55-1419, or any person having right or claim to such land, files within the appropriate time his complaint for relief, he shall not have or continue any injunction against the proceedings at law on the ejectment, unless, within 30 days following a […]

§ 55.1-1423. How judgment of forfeiture prevented

If any party having right or claim to lands subject to a proceeding filed pursuant to § 55.1-1419, at any time before the trial in such ejectment, pays to the party entitled to such rent, or to his attorney, or pays into court, all the rent and arrears owed, along with any reasonable attorney fees […]

§ 55.1-1424. When action for reentry brought

Proceedings for ejectment shall not be initiated until the time for reentry of the premises specified in the rental agreement has lapsed. Code 1919, § 5535; Code 1950, § 55-244; 2019, c. 712.

§ 55.1-1426. Fee of clerk

The clerk shall be paid for recording, granting certificate, and noting publication, as required by § 55.1-1425, the fee prescribed in subdivision A 2 of § 17.1-275 and shall collect and account for the same tax upon every such act of reentry offered for record as is levied by law upon deeds of conveyance. Code […]

§ 55.1-1427. How person entitled to lands may be restored to his possession

If the person entitled to lands subject to a proceeding filed pursuant to § 55.1-1419 at the time of reentry made, or having claim to such lands, does not pay the rent and all arrears owed, with interest and all reasonable expenses incurred about such reentry, within one year from the first day of publication […]