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This law was first created in 1976. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 605 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 1976 \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 1977, chapter 215; in 1989, chapter 335.<\/p>","references":[{"id":68014,"section_number":"8.01-512.4","catch_line":"Notice of exemptions from garnishment and lien","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-512.4\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":170157,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81425,"identifier":"19.2-368.12","token":"19.2\/21.1\/19.2-368.12","url":"\/19.2-368.12\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-368.12\/","token":"19.2\/21.1\/19.2-368.12","dublin_core":{"Title":"Awards not subject to execution or attachment; apportionment; reductions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-368.12","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No award made pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to execution or attachment<\/span> other than for expenses resulting from the injury which is the basis for the claim. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If there are two or more persons entitled to an award as a result of the death of a person which is the direct result of a crime<\/span>, the award shall be apportioned among the claimants<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> In determining the amount of an award, the Commission<\/span> shall determine whether, because of his conduct, the victim<\/span> of such crime<\/span> contributed to the infliction of his injury, and the Commission<\/span> shall reduce the amount of the award or reject the claim altogether, in accordance with such determination; provided, however, that the Commission<\/span> may disregard for this purpose the responsibility of the victim<\/span> for his own injury where the record shows that such responsibility was attributable to efforts by the victim<\/span> to prevent a crime<\/span> or an attempted crime<\/span> from occurring in his presence, or to apprehend a person who had committed a crime<\/span> in his presence or had, in fact<\/span>, committed a felony<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAWARDS NOT SUBJECT TO EXECUTION OR ATTACHMENT; APPORTIONMENT; REDUCTIONS (\u00a7\n19.2-368.12)\n\nA. No award made pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to execution or\nattachment other than for expenses resulting from the injury which is the basis\nfor the claim.\n\nB. If there are two or more persons entitled to an award as a result of the\ndeath of a person which is the direct result of a crime, the award shall be\napportioned among the claimants.\n\nC. In determining the amount of an award, the Commission shall determine\nwhether, because of his conduct, the victim of such crime contributed to the\ninfliction of his injury, and the Commission shall reduce the amount of the\naward or reject the claim altogether, in accordance with such determination;\nprovided, however, that the Commission may disregard for this purpose the\nresponsibility of the victim for his own injury where the record shows that such\nresponsibility was attributable to efforts by the victim to prevent a crime or\nan attempted crime from occurring in his presence, or to apprehend a person who\nhad committed a crime in his presence or had, in fact, committed a felony.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 605; 1977, c. 215; 1989, c. 335.","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}}