55-334 - When person damaged may proceed in court. - Virginia Statutes

§ 55-334. When person damaged may proceed in court.

If the amount specified in subsection B of § 55-332 is not paid within 30days after rendition of statement, the person upon whose land the trespassoccurred may proceed for judgment in the amount of payment as specified in §55-332.

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

(Code 1950, § 8-909; 1968, c. 251; 1977, c. 624; 2004, cc. 604, 615.)