58.1-3957 - Payments to attorneys or others for collection. - Virginia Statutes

§ 58.1-3957. Payments to attorneys or others for collection.

A. Whenever the services of any attorney employed to collect taxes which area lien on real estate result in the collection of any such tax, such attorneymay be compensated for his services whether or not any suit is instituted forthe collection of the tax or the sale of the real estate.

B. No payment or compensation on any taxpayer account shall be made to anyattorney, collection agency, or other person employed to collect delinquenttaxes on amounts received from the Department of Taxation and collectedthrough the Setoff Debt Collection Act; however, this limitation shall notapply to contracts or agreements entered into prior to July 1, 1990.

(Code 1950, § 58-1020; 1973, c. 467; 1984, c. 675; 1990, c. 935.)