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If the court is satisfied from the proofs in the cause that the allegations of the bill are true, it shall make such decree or order as may be necessary to subject the estate set apart, so far as it exceeds the amount the householder is entitled to exempt, to the payment of the debt or demand of such creditor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":236684,"text":"Any creditor, against whom an exemption is claimed, may file a bill in equity, alleging that the value of the estate at the time it was set apart was more than the amount the householder is entitled to exempt or, that by reason of permanent improvements made on the real estate after it was set apart by means derived from some source other than exempt property, the whole estate set apart is of greater value than the amount the householder is entitled to exempt. If the court is satisfied from the proofs in the cause that the allegations of the bill are true, it shall make such decree or order as may be necessary to subject the estate set apart, so far as it exceeds the amount the householder is entitled to exempt, to the payment of the debt or demand of such creditor.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13372,"edition_id":1,"name":"Homestead Exemption of Householder","identifier":"2","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13371,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:43","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:43","permalink":{"id":207979,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13372,"identifier":"2","token":"34\/2","url":"\/34\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13371,"edition_id":1,"name":"Homestead and Other Exemptions","identifier":"34","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:43","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:43","permalink":{"id":207959,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13371,"identifier":"34","token":"34","url":"\/34\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":65931,"structure_id":13372,"section_number":"34-10","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/34-10\/","token":"34\/2\/34-10","metadata":false},{"id":72684,"structure_id":13372,"section_number":"34-13","catch_line":"Householder may set apart exemption in personal estate","url":"\/34-13\/","token":"34\/2\/34-13","metadata":false},{"id":57768,"structure_id":13372,"section_number":"34-14","catch_line":"How set apart in personal estate; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1975, chapter 466; in 1977, chapter 496; in 1990, chapter 942.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":208005,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65016,"identifier":"34-19","token":"34\/2\/34-19","url":"\/34-19\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/34-19\/","token":"34\/2\/34-19","dublin_core":{"Title":"How excess in value set apart subjected to debts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 34-19","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any creditor<\/span>, against whom an exemption<\/span> is claimed, may file a bill in equity<\/span>, alleging that the value of the estate at the time it was set apart was more than the amount the householder<\/span> is entitled to exempt<\/span> or, that by reason of permanent improvements made on the real estate after it was set apart by means derived from some source other than exempt<\/span> property, the whole estate set apart is of greater value than the amount the householder<\/span> is entitled to exempt<\/span>. If the court<\/span> is satisfied from the proofs in the cause that the allegations<\/span> of the bill are true, it shall make such decree<\/span> or order<\/span> as may be necessary to subject the estate set apart, so far as it exceeds the amount the householder<\/span> is entitled to exempt<\/span>, to the payment of the debt<\/span> or demand of such creditor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW EXCESS IN VALUE SET APART SUBJECTED TO DEBTS (\u00a7 34-19)\n\nAny creditor, against whom an exemption is claimed, may file a bill in equity,\nalleging that the value of the estate at the time it was set apart was more than\nthe amount the householder is entitled to exempt or, that by reason of permanent\nimprovements made on the real estate after it was set apart by means derived\nfrom some source other than exempt property, the whole estate set apart is of\ngreater value than the amount the householder is entitled to exempt. If the\ncourt is satisfied from the proofs in the cause that the allegations of the bill\nare true, it shall make such decree or order as may be necessary to subject the\nestate set apart, so far as it exceeds the amount the householder is entitled to\nexempt, to the payment of the debt or demand of such creditor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 6545; 1975, c. 466; 1977, c. 496; 1990, c. 942.","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}}