Bill Text: VA HB1583 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Treasurers, local; power to summon taxpayers and other persons.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-29 - Stricken from docket by Finance (21-Y 0-N) [HB1583 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-HB1583-Introduced.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §58.1-3128 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§58.1-3128. Power to summon taxpayers and other persons; penalty.
A. The treasurer may, for the purpose of collecting all taxes and other amounts,
charges, or fees due to the locality, summon the
taxpayer or any other person to appear before him at his office, to answer,
under oath, questions touching the tax and other
liability of any and all taxpayers persons and to produce
documents relating to such tax
liability, either or both. For the purposes of administering this section,
treasurers and their deputies may administer oaths.
B. Any person who refuses to answer, under oath, questions
touching any person's tax or other
liability shall be deemed guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. Each days' day's
refusal to answer such questions shall constitute a separate offense. Any court
of competent jurisdiction may, upon the application of the treasurer or his
deputy, compel the compliance of a taxpayer the person summoned or
required to produce documents as required by this section.
C. Every writ, warrant, notice, summons, or other process the treasurer is authorized to issue pursuant to general or local law may be served by the treasurer, or his deputy or designee, or may be directed to the sheriff to be served pursuant to §8.01-292 and executed and returned in like manner as the civil process of a court of competent jurisdiction.