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A copy of the petition, together with a notice of the time and place the petitioner will ask for a hearing thereon, shall be served on each of the defendants at least 10 days prior to the day of hearing. The court shall hear and decide the matter without the appointment or use of commissioners.\n\t\tAny party aggrieved by a final judgment rendered by the general district court in any such proceeding shall have an appeal of right to any circuit court of the county or city having jurisdiction of appeals from such general district court, to be perfected within the time, and in all other respects in accordance with the provisions of law concerning appeals from general district courts in other civil cases.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":270937,"text":"Every general district court shall have jurisdiction of proceedings for partition of personal property, within the limits as to value and in accordance with the provisions hereinafter contained.\n\t\tWhen joint owners of personal property of the value of more than $20 but not more than maximum jurisdictional limits of the court as provided in \u00a7 16.1-77 (1) cannot agree upon a partition thereof, any party in interest may compel partition, the proceeding for which shall be commenced by a petition presented to a general district court as prescribed in subdivision 5 of \u00a7 8.01-262. A copy of the petition, together with a notice of the time and place the petitioner will ask for a hearing thereon, shall be served on each of the defendants at least 10 days prior to the day of hearing. The court shall hear and decide the matter without the appointment or use of commissioners.\n\t\tAny party aggrieved by a final judgment rendered by the general district court in any such proceeding shall have an appeal of right to any circuit court of the county or city having jurisdiction of appeals from such general district court, to be perfected within the time, and in all other respects in accordance with the provisions of law concerning appeals from general district courts in other civil cases.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14141,"edition_id":1,"name":"Jurisdiction in Civil Actions","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13175,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:01","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:01","permalink":{"id":162381,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14141,"identifier":"2","token":"16.1\/6\/2","url":"\/16.1\/6\/2\/","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":72168,"structure_id":14141,"section_number":"16.1-77","catch_line":"Civil jurisdiction of general district courts; amending amount of claim","url":"\/16.1-77\/","token":"16.1\/6\/2\/16.1-77","metadata":false},{"id":79392,"structure_id":14141,"section_number":"16.1-77.1","catch_line":"When general district court may give judgment on forthcoming bond","url":"\/16.1-77.1\/","token":"16.1\/6\/2\/16.1-77.1","metadata":false},{"id":75487,"structure_id":14141,"section_number":"16.1-77.2","catch_line":"Jurisdiction of partition of personal property and proceedings therefor","url":"\/16.1-77.2\/","token":"16.1\/6\/2\/16.1-77.2","metadata":false},{"id":55294,"structure_id":14141,"section_number":"16.1-78","catch_line":"Judgment by confession not affected","url":"\/16.1-78\/","token":"16.1\/6\/2\/16.1-78","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":79392,"structure_id":14141,"section_number":"16.1-77.1","catch_line":"When general district court may give judgment on forthcoming bond","url":"\/16.1-77.1\/","token":"16.1\/6\/2\/16.1-77.1","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":55294,"structure_id":14141,"section_number":"16.1-78","catch_line":"Judgment by confession not affected","url":"\/16.1-78\/","token":"16.1\/6\/2\/16.1-78","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/16.1-77.2\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1952, chapter 252; in 1972, chapter 368; in 1977, chapter 624; in 1983, chapter 616; in 2007, chapter 869<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65659,"section_number":"54.1-2108.1","catch_line":"Protection of escrow funds, etc., held by a real estate broker in the event of foreclosure of real property; required deposits","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2108.1\/"}],"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":81233,"section_number":"8.01-262","catch_line":"Category B or permissible venue","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-262\/"}],"permalink":{"id":162391,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75487,"identifier":"16.1-77.2","token":"16.1\/6\/2\/16.1-77.2","url":"\/16.1-77.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-77.2\/","token":"16.1\/6\/2\/16.1-77.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Jurisdiction of partition of personal property and proceedings therefor","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-77.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every general district court<\/span> shall have jurisdiction<\/span> of proceedings for partition<\/span> of personal property, within the limits as to value and in accordance with the provisions hereinafter contained.\n\t\tWhen joint owners of personal property of the value of more than $20 but not more than maximum jurisdictional limits of the court<\/span> as provided in \u00a7 16.1-77<\/a> (1) cannot agree upon a partition<\/span> thereof, any party in interest<\/span> may compel partition<\/span>, the proceeding for which shall be commenced by a petition<\/span> presented to a general district court<\/span> as prescribed in subdivision 5 of \u00a7 8.01-262<\/a>. A copy of the petition<\/span>, together with a notice of the time and place the petitioner will ask for a hearing<\/span> thereon, shall be served on each of the defendants<\/span> at least 10 days prior to the day of hearing<\/span>. The court<\/span> shall hear and decide the matter without the appointment or use of commissioners.\n\t\tAny party aggrieved by a final judgment<\/span> rendered by the general district court<\/span> in any such proceeding shall have an appeal<\/span> of right to any circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the county or city having jurisdiction<\/span> of appeals<\/span> from such general district court<\/span>, to be perfected within the time, and in all other respects in accordance with the provisions of law<\/span> concerning appeals<\/span> from general district courts<\/span> in other civil cases.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJURISDICTION OF PARTITION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AND PROCEEDINGS THEREFOR (\u00a7\n16.1-77.2)\n\nEvery general district court shall have jurisdiction of proceedings for\npartition of personal property, within the limits as to value and in accordance\nwith the provisions hereinafter contained.\n\t\tWhen joint owners of personal property of the value of more than $20 but not\nmore than maximum jurisdictional limits of the court as provided in \u00a7 16.1-77\n(1) cannot agree upon a partition thereof, any party in interest may compel\npartition, the proceeding for which shall be commenced by a petition presented\nto a general district court as prescribed in subdivision 5 of \u00a7 8.01-262. A\ncopy of the petition, together with a notice of the time and place the\npetitioner will ask for a hearing thereon, shall be served on each of the\ndefendants at least 10 days prior to the day of hearing. The court shall hear\nand decide the matter without the appointment or use of commissioners.\n\t\tAny party aggrieved by a final judgment rendered by the general district court\nin any such proceeding shall have an appeal of right to any circuit court of the\ncounty or city having jurisdiction of appeals from such general district court,\nto be perfected within the time, and in all other respects in accordance with\nthe provisions of law concerning appeals from general district courts in other\ncivil cases.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-703; 1952, c. 252; 1972, c. 368; 1977, c. 624; 1983, c.\n616; 2007, c. 869.","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}}