{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/34-21.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/34-21.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/34-21.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/34-21.html"}],"law_id":73755,"edition_id":1,"section_id":73755,"structure_id":13372,"section_number":"34-21","catch_line":"When householder’s right to exemption is exhausted","history":"Code 1919, \u00a7 6547; 1975, c. 466; 1977, c. 496; 1990, c. 942; 1996, c. 330; 2020, c. 328.","full_text":"When an amount of property, whether real or personal, or both, has been set apart to be held by a householder as exempt under \u00a7 34-4, 34-4.1, or 34-13, such amount shall for a period of eight years from such setting apart be applied against the maximum amount to which the householder is entitled to set apart as exempt under \u00a7 34-4, 34-4.1, or 34-13.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":265242,"text":"When an amount of property, whether real or personal, or both, has been set apart to be held by a householder as exempt under \u00a7 34-4, 34-4.1, or 34-13, such amount shall for a period of eight years from such setting apart be applied against the maximum amount to which the householder is entitled to set apart as exempt under \u00a7 34-4, 34-4.1, or 34-13.","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Repealed","url":"\/34-10\/","token":"34\/2\/34-10","metadata":false},{"id":72684,"structure_id":13372,"section_number":"34-13","catch_line":"Householder may set apart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 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 1975, chapter 466; in 1977, chapter 496; in 1990, chapter 942; in 1996, chapter 330<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 328<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":72684,"section_number":"34-13","catch_line":"Householder may set apart exemption in personal estate","order_by":null,"url":"\/34-13\/"},{"id":86197,"section_number":"34-4","catch_line":"Exemption created","order_by":null,"url":"\/34-4\/"},{"id":54345,"section_number":"34-4.1","catch_line":"Additional exemption for certain veterans","order_by":null,"url":"\/34-4.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":208013,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73755,"identifier":"34-21","token":"34\/2\/34-21","url":"\/34-21\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/34-21\/","token":"34\/2\/34-21","dublin_core":{"Title":"When householder’s right to exemption is exhausted","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 34-21","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When an amount of property, whether real or personal, or both, has been set apart to be held by a householder<\/span> as exempt<\/span> under \u00a7 34-4<\/a>, 34-4.1<\/a>, or 34-13<\/a>, such amount shall for a period of eight years from such setting apart be applied against the maximum amount to which the householder<\/span> is entitled to set apart as exempt<\/span> under \u00a7 34-4<\/a>, 34-4.1<\/a>, or 34-13<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN HOUSEHOLDER’S RIGHT TO EXEMPTION IS EXHAUSTED (\u00a7 34-21)\n\nWhen an amount of property, whether real or personal, or both, has been set\napart to be held by a householder as exempt under \u00a7 34-4, 34-4.1, or 34-13,\nsuch amount shall for a period of eight years from such setting apart be applied\nagainst the maximum amount to which the householder is entitled to set apart as\nexempt under \u00a7 34-4, 34-4.1, or 34-13.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 6547; 1975, c. 466; 1977, c. 496; 1990, c. 942; 1996, c.\n330; 2020, c. 328.","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}}