CHAPTER 441
An Act to amend and reenact §15.2-2118 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to the Town of Urbanna; liens for water and sewer charges
and taxes.
[H 757]
Approved March 30, 2012
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §15.2-2118 of the Code of Virginia is amended
and reenacted as follows:
§15.2-2118. Lien for water and sewer charges and taxes
imposed by localities.
The governing body of any county adjoining a city lying wholly
within the Commonwealth and which has with a population of more
than 75,000 according to the 1970 or any subsequent census and any county
having a density of population of more than 600 per square mile according to
the 1960 or any subsequent census,; Botetourt, Caroline,
Culpeper, Cumberland, Franklin, Gloucester, Goochland, Hanover, Isle of Wight,
New Kent, Orange and any town located therein, Rockingham, Spotsylvania,
Stafford, and York Counties,; the Cities of Fairfax, Manassas
Park, Newport News, Petersburg, Richmond, and Roanoke,; and the
Towns of Abingdon, Blacksburg, Clifton Forge, Front Royal, and Kenbridge,
and Urbanna may by ordinance provide that taxes or charges hereafter made,
imposed, or incurred for water or sewers or use thereof within or outside such
locality shall be a lien on the real estate served by such waterline or sewer.
Where residential rental real estate is involved, no lien shall attach (i)
unless the user of the water or sewer services is also the owner of the real
estate or (ii) unless the owner of the real estate negotiated or executed the
agreement by which such water or sewer services were provided to the property.
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