When there is not time, on the day appointed for any such sale, to complete the same, the sale may be adjourned from day to day until completed.
§ 8.01-493.Adjournment of sale.
Chapter 18. Executions and Other Means of Recovery · Article 4. Enforcement Generally · Last amended 1977 · Last verified July 16, 2026
In one sentenceIf an officer runs out of time on the day scheduled for an execution sale before completing it, this section allows the sale to be adjourned and continued from day to day, without starting the notice and advertisement process over, until the sale is finished.
Full Text of § 8.01-493
Plain-English Summary
An execution sale involving many items, or heavy bidder interest, might not wrap up in a single day. Section 8.01-493 addresses that scenario directly and briefly: when there is not enough time on the appointed day to complete the sale, the officer may adjourn it from day to day until every item that needs to sell has sold.
The rule spares the officer from having to re-advertise and restart the ten-day notice process under § 8.01-492 just because one sale day was not long enough. The original notice already brought bidders to the property, and the sale continues on subsequent days until it is done.
Frequently Asked Questions
What can an officer do if a sale cannot be completed in one day?
Adjourn the sale from day to day until it is completed.
Does adjourning the sale require re-advertising under the notice rules?
The section does not require a new notice period; it allows the sale to continue on succeeding days from the same appointed sale.
Is there a limit on how many days a sale can be adjourned?
The text does not set a specific limit, stating only that the sale may continue from day to day until completed.
Who decides to adjourn the sale?
The section does not name a separate decision-maker, framing the adjournment as part of the officer’s conduct of the sale itself.
Does this section apply to any type of execution sale?
It applies broadly to “any such sale,” referring back to the sales described in the surrounding sections of this article.
Amendment History
Code 1950, § 8-422.2; 1977, c. 617.
Source & verification. Section text and amendment history are
reproduced verbatim from the Code of Virginia, published by the
Code of Virginia, Virginia Division of Legislative Automated Systems. Last verified July 16, 2026.
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