53.1-227 - When and how real estate of prisoner sold or encumbered. - Virginia Statutes

§ 53.1-227. When and how real estate of prisoner sold or encumbered.

The real estate of a prisoner may be leased or sold, when necessary for thepayment of his debts, in accordance with Article 8 (§ 8.01-67 et seq.) ofChapter 3 of Title 8.01. Any such real estate or the real estate in whichsuch prisoner is interested with others, infants or adults, may be sold,exchanged for other real estate, or encumbered for the purpose of borrowingmoney to be used to erect buildings or other improvements on the same.

(Code 1950, § 53-312; 1982, c. 636; 1997, c. 801.)