republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-755.md

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Bill	Foreclosure; notice of sale when owner is deceased.	Provides that when the owner of a property to be sold by a trustee pursuant to a deed of trust is deceased, the notice of the sale shall be delivered to the last known address of the deceased owner, any personal representative of the deceased's estate, and any heirs of the deceased as recorded in the land records where the property is located. The bill further provides that the trustee of a deed of trust for property that is sold after the death of the owner shall include (i) any remaining subsequent debts and obligations secured by the deed and (ii) any liens of record inferior to the deed of trust under which the sale is made, with lawful interest, in the list of debts to be paid off using any surplus from the sale prior to paying the remainder of the surplus to the decedent's personal representative. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 755	Virginia HB 755 (2018)	bill	Property and Conveyances	enacted	James A. "Jay" Leftwich	4	17	7	2018-01-09	2018-02-26	openstates	ocd-bill/307e2e34-a41a-4bdd-947a-66586a4ceeae	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB755	8dfe6257a93bcd9b2e412abf9aa84e1c08331e40a9bda889e93680628e5d4c38	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 755 (2018) — Foreclosure; notice of sale when owner is deceased.

Provides that when the owner of a property to be sold by a trustee pursuant to a deed of trust is deceased, the notice of the sale shall be delivered to the last known address of the deceased owner, any personal representative of the deceased's estate, and any heirs of the deceased as recorded in the land records where the property is located. The bill further provides that the trustee of a deed of trust for property that is sold after the death of the owner shall include (i) any remaining subsequent debts and obligations secured by the deed and (ii) any liens of record inferior to the deed of trust under which the sale is made, with lawful interest, in the list of debts to be paid off using any surplus from the sale prior to paying the remainder of the surplus to the decedent's personal representative. This bill is identical to

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0034) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB755ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 18106041D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102281D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 18–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2018-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102281D introduction
• 2018-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2018-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-01 Committee substitute agreed to 18106041D-H1
• 2018-02-01 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB755H1
• 2018-02-02 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-16 Enrolled
• 2018-02-16 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-19 Signed by President
• 2018-02-19 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2018
• 2018-02-19 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 34 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/307e2e34-a41a-4bdd-947a-66586a4ceeae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).