58.1-3016 - Retention of property for payment of taxes.

§ 58.1-3016. Retention of property for payment of taxes.

If property be listed by and taxed to any person other than the owner, itshall not be delivered to the owner until the taxes thereon are paid orindemnity given to the person in possession for the payment thereof.

(Code 1950, § 58-22; 1984, c. 675.)