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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1956, chapter 637; in 1970, chapter 428; in 1977, chapter 496; in 1993, chapter 150.<\/p>","references":[{"id":72684,"section_number":"34-13","catch_line":"Householder may set apart exemption in personal estate","order_by":null,"url":"\/34-13\/"},{"id":82632,"section_number":"34-22","catch_line":"Waiver of exemption; its effect; form of waiver","order_by":null,"url":"\/34-22\/"},{"id":61738,"section_number":"34-3","catch_line":"Articles not exempt from taxes or levies or for their purchase price","order_by":null,"url":"\/34-3\/"},{"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\/"},{"id":86973,"section_number":"34-4.2","catch_line":"Additional exemption for parents of dependent children","order_by":null,"url":"\/34-4.2\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":54766,"section_number":"34-26","catch_line":"Poor debtor's exemption; exempt articles enumerated","order_by":null,"url":"\/34-26\/"}],"permalink":{"id":208071,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67771,"identifier":"34-27","token":"34\/3\/34-27","url":"\/34-27\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/34-27\/","token":"34\/3\/34-27","dublin_core":{"Title":"Additional articles exempted to householder engaged in agriculture","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 34-27","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the householder<\/span> be at the time actually engaged in the business of agriculture, there shall also be exempt<\/span> from such levy<\/span> or distress, while he is so engaged, to be selected by him or his agent, the following articles, or so many thereof as he may have, to wit: a pair of horses or mules unless he selects or has selected a horse or mule under \u00a7 34-26<\/a>, in which case he shall be entitled to select under this section only one, with the necessary gearing, one wagon or cart, one tractor, not exceeding in value $3,000, two plows, one drag, one harvest cradle, one pitchfork, one rake, two iron wedges and fertilizer and fertilizer material<\/span> not exceeding in value $1,000. It shall not be required that a householder<\/span> designate any property exempt<\/span> under this section in a deed in order<\/span> to secure such exemption<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADDITIONAL ARTICLES EXEMPTED TO HOUSEHOLDER ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURE (\u00a7 34-27)\n\nIf the householder be at the time actually engaged in the business of\nagriculture, there shall also be exempt from such levy or distress, while he is\nso engaged, to be selected by him or his agent, the following articles, or so\nmany thereof as he may have, to wit: a pair of horses or mules unless he selects\nor has selected a horse or mule under \u00a7 34-26, in which case he shall be\nentitled to select under this section only one, with the necessary gearing, one\nwagon or cart, one tractor, not exceeding in value $3,000, two plows, one drag,\none harvest cradle, one pitchfork, one rake, two iron wedges and fertilizer and\nfertilizer material not exceeding in value $1,000. It shall not be required that\na householder designate any property exempt under this section in a deed in\norder to secure such exemption.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 6533; 1932, p. 324; 1956, c. 637; 1970, c. 428; 1977, c.\n496; 1993, c. 150.","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}}