SB588: Town of Onancock; liens for water charges.
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 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 Onancock 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.