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or when there is money or other personal estate in the possession of a bailee or garnishee, he shall order the bailee or garnishee, as the case may be, to make delivery to the execution creditor of all such money or other personal estate so found to belong to the execution debtor, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the execution; and he may give such judgment respecting the property, the expense of keeping it, any injury done by it, and for the costs, as may be just and equitable among the parties.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":228966,"text":"After hearing the parties or such of them as may attend after being summoned, and such witnesses as may be introduced by either party, the judge shall order the officer, or the possessor of any money or other personal estate, to deliver the same to the claimant, if he be of opinion that the same belongs to the claimant; but if he be of opinion that the property, money or other personal estate, or any part thereof, belongs to the person against whom the execution or warrant of distress issued, he shall order the officer who levied on the same to sell the property so liable, to satisfy the execution or warrant of distress; or when there is money or other personal estate in the possession of a bailee or garnishee, he shall order the bailee or garnishee, as the case may be, to make delivery to the execution creditor of all such money or other personal estate so found to belong to the execution debtor, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the execution; and he may give such judgment respecting the property, the expense of keeping it, any injury done by it, and for the costs, as may be just and equitable among the parties.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":16030,"edition_id":1,"name":"Trying Title to Property Levied on Under Distress or Execution","identifier":"4","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13175,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 04:04:16","date_modified":"2026-06-26 04:04:16","permalink":{"id":162633,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":16030,"identifier":"4","token":"16.1\/6\/4","url":"\/16.1\/6\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13175,"edition_id":1,"name":"Venue, Jurisdiction and Procedure in Civil Matters","identifier":"6","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12700,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:23","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:23","permalink":{"id":162373,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13175,"identifier":"6","token":"16.1\/6","url":"\/16.1\/6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12700,"edition_id":1,"name":"Courts Not of Record","identifier":"16.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":160919,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12700,"identifier":"16.1","token":"16.1","url":"\/16.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":69182,"structure_id":16030,"section_number":"16.1-119","catch_line":"Proceedings to try title to property levied on under distress or execution","url":"\/16.1-119\/","token":"16.1\/6\/4\/16.1-119","metadata":false},{"id":86020,"structure_id":16030,"section_number":"16.1-120","catch_line":"Summons in such case","url":"\/16.1-120\/","token":"16.1\/6\/4\/16.1-120","metadata":false},{"id":62809,"structure_id":16030,"section_number":"16.1-121","catch_line":"Order after hearing","url":"\/16.1-121\/","token":"16.1\/6\/4\/16.1-121","metadata":false},{"id":73452,"structure_id":16030,"section_number":"16.1-122","catch_line":"Appeal","url":"\/16.1-122\/","token":"16.1\/6\/4\/16.1-122","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":86020,"structure_id":16030,"section_number":"16.1-120","catch_line":"Summons in such case","url":"\/16.1-120\/","token":"16.1\/6\/4\/16.1-120","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":73452,"structure_id":16030,"section_number":"16.1-122","catch_line":"Appeal","url":"\/16.1-122\/","token":"16.1\/6\/4\/16.1-122","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/16.1-121\/","history_text":"

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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65744,"section_number":"16.1-113","catch_line":"How appeals tried","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-113\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":162643,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62809,"identifier":"16.1-121","token":"16.1\/6\/4\/16.1-121","url":"\/16.1-121\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-121\/","token":"16.1\/6\/4\/16.1-121","dublin_core":{"Title":"Order after hearing","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-121","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

After hearing<\/span> the parties or such of them as may attend after being summoned, and such witnesses as may be introduced by either party<\/span>, the judge<\/span> shall order<\/span> the officer, or the possessor of any money or other personal estate, to deliver the same to the claimant, if he be of opinion<\/span> that the same belongs to the claimant; but if he be of opinion<\/span> that the property, money or other personal estate, or any part thereof, belongs to the person against whom the execution or warrant of distress issued, he shall order<\/span> the officer who levied on the same to sell the property so liable, to satisfy the execution or warrant of distress; or when there is money or other personal estate in the possession<\/span> of a bailee or garnishee<\/span>, he shall order<\/span> the bailee or garnishee<\/span>, as the case may be, to make delivery to the execution creditor<\/span> of all such money or other personal estate so found to belong to the execution debtor, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the execution; and he may give such judgment<\/span> respecting the property, the expense of keeping it, any injury done by it, and for the costs, as may be just and equitable<\/span> among the parties.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nORDER AFTER HEARING (\u00a7 16.1-121)\n\nAfter hearing the parties or such of them as may attend after being summoned,\nand such witnesses as may be introduced by either party, the judge shall order\nthe officer, or the possessor of any money or other personal estate, to deliver\nthe same to the claimant, if he be of opinion that the same belongs to the\nclaimant; but if he be of opinion that the property, money or other personal\nestate, or any part thereof, belongs to the person against whom the execution or\nwarrant of distress issued, he shall order the officer who levied on the same to\nsell the property so liable, to satisfy the execution or warrant of distress; or\nwhen there is money or other personal estate in the possession of a bailee or\ngarnishee, he shall order the bailee or garnishee, as the case may be, to make\ndelivery to the execution creditor of all such money or other personal estate so\nfound to belong to the execution debtor, or so much thereof as may be necessary\nto satisfy the execution; and he may give such judgment respecting the property,\nthe expense of keeping it, any injury done by it, and for the costs, as may be\njust and equitable among the parties.\n\nHISTORY: 1956, c. 555.","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}}