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This law was first created in 1966. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 499 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1966 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1977, chapter 496; in 1978, chapter 231; in 1990, chapter 942; in 1993, chapter 150; in 2009, chapter 388<\/a>.<\/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":57768,"section_number":"34-14","catch_line":"How set apart in personal estate; form to claim exemption of personal property","order_by":null,"url":"\/34-14\/"},{"id":73755,"section_number":"34-21","catch_line":"When householder's right to exemption is exhausted","order_by":null,"url":"\/34-21\/"},{"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":86973,"section_number":"34-4.2","catch_line":"Additional exemption for parents of dependent children","order_by":null,"url":"\/34-4.2\/"},{"id":84819,"section_number":"34-6","catch_line":"How exemption of real estate secured; form to claim exemption of real property","order_by":null,"url":"\/34-6\/"},{"id":68014,"section_number":"8.01-512.4","catch_line":"Notice of exemptions from garnishment and lien","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-512.4\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":57768,"section_number":"34-14","catch_line":"How set apart in personal estate; form to claim exemption of personal property","order_by":null,"url":"\/34-14\/"},{"id":54766,"section_number":"34-26","catch_line":"Poor debtor's exemption; exempt articles enumerated","order_by":null,"url":"\/34-26\/"},{"id":67771,"section_number":"34-27","catch_line":"Additional articles exempted to householder engaged in agriculture","order_by":null,"url":"\/34-27\/"},{"id":85697,"section_number":"34-29","catch_line":"Maximum portion of disposable earnings subject to garnishment","order_by":null,"url":"\/34-29\/"},{"id":86197,"section_number":"34-4","catch_line":"Exemption created","order_by":null,"url":"\/34-4\/"},{"id":84819,"section_number":"34-6","catch_line":"How exemption of real estate secured; form to claim exemption of real property","order_by":null,"url":"\/34-6\/"},{"id":58287,"section_number":"64.2-311","catch_line":"Homestead allowance","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-311\/"}],"permalink":{"id":208037,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54345,"identifier":"34-4.1","token":"34\/2\/34-4.1","url":"\/34-4.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/34-4.1\/","token":"34\/2\/34-4.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Additional exemption for certain veterans","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 34-4.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every veteran residing in this Commonwealth having a service connected disability of forty percent or more, as rated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, shall be entitled, in addition to the property or estate which he is entitled to hold exempt<\/span> from creditor process<\/span> under \u00a7\u00a7 34-4<\/a>, 34-26<\/a>, 34-27<\/a>, 34-29<\/a>, and 64.2-311<\/a>, to hold exempt<\/span> from creditor process<\/span> his real and personal property, or either, to be selected by him by the writings required by \u00a7\u00a7 34-6<\/a> and 34-14<\/a>, including money and debts<\/span> due him, not exceeding $10,000 in value.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADDITIONAL EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN VETERANS (\u00a7 34-4.1)\n\nEvery veteran residing in this Commonwealth having a service connected\ndisability of forty percent or more, as rated by the U.S. Department of Veterans\nAffairs, shall be entitled, in addition to the property or estate which he is\nentitled to hold exempt from creditor process under \u00a7\u00a7 34-4, 34-26, 34-27,\n34-29, and 64.2-311, to hold exempt from creditor process his real and personal\nproperty, or either, to be selected by him by the writings required by \u00a7\u00a7 34-6\nand 34-14, including money and debts due him, not exceeding $10,000 in value.\n\nHISTORY: 1966, c. 499; 1977, c. 496; 1978, c. 231; 1990, c. 942; 1993, c. 150;\n2009, c. 388.","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}}