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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1974, chapter 272.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":208101,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71451,"identifier":"34-31","token":"34\/4\/34-31","url":"\/34-31\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/34-31\/","token":"34\/4\/34-31","dublin_core":{"Title":"Revocation of such exemption","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 34-31","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any judgment creditor<\/span>, upon having a garnishment<\/span> summons<\/span> issued upon a judgment against the judgment debtor<\/span> named in such certificate, may give five days’ written notice, to be served personally on the employer and the judgment debtor<\/span> by any officer authorized by law<\/span> to serve civil process, that he will apply to the court<\/span> or judge<\/span> who issued such certificate to have the same revoked, and, upon proof that the holder of the certificate is no longer entitled to the exemption<\/span> allowed thereby, the court<\/span> or judge<\/span> shall revoke the same and require the holder to deliver such certificate to the court<\/span>, which shall cancel the same.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREVOCATION OF SUCH EXEMPTION (\u00a7 34-31)\n\nAny judgment creditor, upon having a garnishment summons issued upon a judgment\nagainst the judgment debtor named in such certificate, may give five days’\nwritten notice, to be served personally on the employer and the judgment debtor\nby any officer authorized by law to serve civil process, that he will apply to\nthe court or judge who issued such certificate to have the same revoked, and,\nupon proof that the holder of the certificate is no longer entitled to the\nexemption allowed thereby, the court or judge shall revoke the same and require\nthe holder to deliver such certificate to the court, which shall cancel the\nsame.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 6556; 1932, p. 384; 1936, p. 378; 1974, c. 272.","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}}