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This law was first created in 1956. 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 1978, chapter 42; in 1986, chapter 27.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65744,"section_number":"16.1-113","catch_line":"How appeals tried","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-113\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":72168,"section_number":"16.1-77","catch_line":"Civil jurisdiction of general district courts; amending amount of claim","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-77\/"},{"id":62841,"section_number":"8.01-501","catch_line":"Lien of fieri facias on estate of debtor not capable of being levied on","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-501\/"}],"permalink":{"id":162635,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69182,"identifier":"16.1-119","token":"16.1\/6\/4\/16.1-119","url":"\/16.1-119\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-119\/","token":"16.1\/6\/4\/16.1-119","dublin_core":{"Title":"Proceedings to try title to property levied on under distress or execution","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-119","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When an execution on a judgment<\/span> of a general district court<\/span>, or a warrant of distress, is levied on property, or when a lien<\/span> is acquired on money or other personal estate by virtue of \u00a7 8.01-501<\/a> and some person other than the party<\/span> against whom the process issued claims such property, money or other personal estate, or some part thereof, either the claimant, the officer having such process, or the party<\/span> who had the same issued may apply to the general district court<\/span> of the county or city wherein the property, money or other personal estate may be to try the claim of the party<\/span> so claiming the same or some part thereof, provided that the property, money or other personal estate does not exceed the maximum jurisdictional limit of the court<\/span> as provided in \u00a7 16.1-77<\/a> (1).<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROCEEDINGS TO TRY TITLE TO PROPERTY LEVIED ON UNDER DISTRESS OR EXECUTION (\u00a7\n16.1-119)\n\nWhen an execution on a judgment of a general district court, or a warrant of\ndistress, is levied on property, or when a lien is acquired on money or other\npersonal estate by virtue of \u00a7 8.01-501 and some person other than the party\nagainst whom the process issued claims such property, money or other personal\nestate, or some part thereof, either the claimant, the officer having such\nprocess, or the party who had the same issued may apply to the general district\ncourt of the county or city wherein the property, money or other personal estate\nmay be to try the claim of the party so claiming the same or some part thereof,\nprovided that the property, money or other personal estate does not exceed the\nmaximum jurisdictional limit of the court as provided in \u00a7 16.1-77 (1).\n\nHISTORY: 1956, c. 555; 1978, c. 42; 1986, c. 27.","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}}