McKeithen v. City of Richmond

PRESENT: All the Justices KEN MCKEITHEN, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE OF THE CRAIG E. CALDWELL TRUST U/A DATED DECEMBER 28, 2006 OPINION BY v. Record No. 210389 JUSTICE D. ARTHUR KELSEY OCTOBER 19, 2023 CITY OF RICHMOND FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND W. Reilly Marchant, Judge The City of Richmond obtained a judicial sale of a parcel of property subject to a statutory lien for delinquent taxes. Although the sale proceeds wholly satisfied the City’s tax lien, the circuit court held that Code § 58.1-3967 required it to award a portion of the surplus sale proceeds to the City rather than an…