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type: "Bill"
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title: "Foreclosure; notice of sale when owner is deceased."
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 755"
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citation: "Virginia HB 755 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Property and Conveyances"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James A. \"Jay\" Leftwich"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2018-01-09"
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last_action: "2018-02-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/307e2e34-a41a-4bdd-947a-66586a4ceeae"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB755"
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source_hash: "8dfe6257a93bcd9b2e412abf9aa84e1c08331e40a9bda889e93680628e5d4c38"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 755 (2018) — Foreclosure; notice of sale when owner is deceased.
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0034)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0034)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB755ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB755ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 18106041D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB755H1)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102281D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB755)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102281D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-16** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 18106041D-H1
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- **2018-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB755H1
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- **2018-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-16** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-16** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-19** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2018
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- **2018-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 34 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/307e2e34-a41a-4bdd-947a-66586a4ceeae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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