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However, for a period of two years from the date of any such judgment, the judge or clerk of the general district court may also issue executions upon and abstracts of the judgment. In addition, proceedings by interrogatories may be had in the circuit court as if the judgment had been rendered by that court.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":249645,"text":"When a judgment has been rendered in a civil action in a general district court and the papers in the action have been returned to the clerk of the circuit court for filing and preserving, executions upon and abstracts of the judgment may be issued by the clerk of such circuit court within the periods permitted under \u00a7 8.01-251, provided that such judgment has been duly entered in the judgment lien docket book of such court. However, for a period of two years from the date of any such judgment, the judge or clerk of the general district court may also issue executions upon and abstracts of the judgment. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 555 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1956 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1962, chapter 444; in 1983, chapter 499.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":75565,"section_number":"8.01-251","catch_line":"Limitations on enforcement of judgments","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-251\/"}],"permalink":{"id":162473,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68958,"identifier":"16.1-116","token":"16.1\/6\/3\/16.1-116","url":"\/16.1-116\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-116\/","token":"16.1\/6\/3\/16.1-116","dublin_core":{"Title":"Issuance of executions and abstracts and proceedings by interrogatories after papers returned to circuit court","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-116","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>When a judgment has been rendered in a <span class=\"dictionary\">civil action<\/span> in a general district <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> and the papers in the action have been returned to the clerk of the <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> for filing and preserving, executions upon and abstracts of the judgment may be issued by the clerk of such <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> within the periods permitted under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Limitations on enforcement of judgments\" href=\"\/8.01-251\/\">8.01-251<\/a>, provided that such judgment has been duly entered in the <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment lien docket<\/span> book of such <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>. However, for a period of two years from the date of any such judgment, the <span class=\"dictionary\">judge<\/span> or clerk of the general district <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> may also <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> executions upon and abstracts of the judgment. In addition, proceedings by <span class=\"dictionary\">interrogatories<\/span> may be had in the <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> as if the judgment had been rendered by that <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nISSUANCE OF EXECUTIONS AND ABSTRACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BY INTERROGATORIES AFTER\nPAPERS RETURNED TO CIRCUIT COURT (\u00a7 16.1-116)\n\nWhen a judgment has been rendered in a civil action in a general district court\nand the papers in the action have been returned to the clerk of the circuit\ncourt for filing and preserving, executions upon and abstracts of the judgment\nmay be issued by the clerk of such circuit court within the periods permitted\nunder \u00a7 8.01-251, provided that such judgment has been duly entered in the\njudgment lien docket book of such court. However, for a period of two years from\nthe date of any such judgment, the judge or clerk of the general district court\nmay also issue executions upon and abstracts of the judgment. In addition,\nproceedings by interrogatories may be had in the circuit court as if the\njudgment had been rendered by that court.\n\nHISTORY: 1956, c. 555; 1962, c. 444; 1983, c. 499.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}