8.01-591 - Notice required prior to appointment of receiver.

§ 8.01-591. Notice required prior to appointment of receiver.

Whenever the pleadings in any suit make out a proper case for the appointmentof a receiver and application is made therefor to any court, such court shalldesignate the time and place for hearing such application, and shall requirereasonable notice thereof to be given to the defendant and to all otherparties having a substantial interest, either as owners of or lienors ofrecord and lienors known to the plaintiff, in the subject matter. The courtto whom such application is made shall inquire particularly of the applicantas to the parties so substantially interested in the subject matter, and suchapplicant, for any intentional or wilful failure to disclose fully allmaterial information relating to such inquiry, may be adjudged in contempt ofcourt.

(Code 1950, § 8-735; 1977, c. 617.)