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The estate or property in which proceeds of sale are invested, or which may be acquired in exchange, under any of the preceding sections of this chapter, shall be held exempt<\/span> in like manner and to the like extent as the estate sold or exchanged was held. But such estate or property when acquired in exchange or otherwise than by investment under an order<\/span> of court<\/span>, or unless when set apart by a court<\/span>, shall be set apart, if real estate, by such a writing as is prescribed by \u00a7 34-6<\/a>; if personal estate, by such a writing as is prescribed by \u00a7 34-14<\/a>; and such writing shall be recorded as provided by the same sections, respectively. In addition to the requirements of such sections, the writing shall state from what source the estate was derived and with what means acquired. When such estate is invested or set apart under an order<\/span> of court<\/span>, a copy of the order<\/span> and of any report of a commissioner or other officer making the investment thereunder, if confirmed, and a copy of the order<\/span> of confirmation, duly certified by the clerk of the court<\/span>, shall be recorded in the deed book of the county or city wherein the writing, if the estate had been set apart by a writing, is required to be recorded.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROCEEDS OF SALE OF ESTATE EXEMPT; HOW EVIDENCED (\u00a7 34-20)\n\nThe estate or property in which proceeds of sale are invested, or which may be\nacquired in exchange, under any of the preceding sections of this chapter, shall\nbe held exempt in like manner and to the like extent as the estate sold or\nexchanged was held. But such estate or property when acquired in exchange or\notherwise than by investment under an order of court, or unless when set apart\nby a court, shall be set apart, if real estate, by such a writing as is\nprescribed by \u00a7 34-6; if personal estate, by such a writing as is prescribed by\n\u00a7 34-14; and such writing shall be recorded as provided by the same sections,\nrespectively. In addition to the requirements of such sections, the writing\nshall state from what source the estate was derived and with what means\nacquired. When such estate is invested or set apart under an order of court, a\ncopy of the order and of any report of a commissioner or other officer making\nthe investment thereunder, if confirmed, and a copy of the order of\nconfirmation, duly certified by the clerk of the court, shall be recorded in the\ndeed book of the county or city wherein the writing, if the estate had been set\napart by a writing, is required to be recorded.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 6546.","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}}