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SENATE BILL NO. 342 Offered January 22, 1996 A BILL to amend and reenact § 55-184.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to escheats; order of sale; place of sale. ---------- Patron-- Trumbo ---------- Referred to the Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 55-184.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 55-184.1. Order of sale by Governor.

Not less than twelve months after the publication of the escheator's certificate, the State Treasurer shall lay before the Governor the escheator's certificate, and proof of publication, and, if. If claim has not been made as aforesaid, or, if made, has been decided in favor of the Commonwealth, the Governor shall order the escheated land to be sold upon such terms, at such time, and at such place within the county or city wherein the lands lie or within a county or city contiguous thereto as he may think proper. The order of sale shall be delivered to the State Treasurer, to be transmitted to the escheator, who shall proceed to sell according to such order.