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If the property purchased and not paid for is exchanged for or converted into other property by the debtor, such last named property shall not be exempted from the payment of such unpaid purchase money.2\n\nFor spousal or child support obligations.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":239415,"text":"The property exemptions created under this Code shall not be claimed against the following debts:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"1"},"1":{"id":239416,"text":"For the purchase price of such property or any part thereof. 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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 1956, chapter 637; in 1986, chapter 218; in 1990, chapter 942; in 1991, chapter 256; in 2010, chapter 550<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"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":false,"permalink":{"id":208045,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65880,"identifier":"34-5","token":"34\/2\/34-5","url":"\/34-5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/34-5\/","token":"34\/2\/34-5","dublin_core":{"Title":"To what debts exemptions shall not apply","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 34-5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The property exemptions<\/span> created under this Code shall not be claimed against the following debts<\/span>:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> For the purchase price of such property or any part thereof. If the property purchased and not paid for is exchanged for or converted into other property by the debtor, such last named property shall not be exempted from the payment of such unpaid purchase money. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> For spousal or child support obligations. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTO WHAT DEBTS EXEMPTIONS SHALL NOT APPLY (\u00a7 34-5)\n\nThe property exemptions created under this Code shall not be claimed against the\nfollowing debts:\n\n1. For the purchase price of such property or any part thereof. If the property\npurchased and not paid for is exchanged for or converted into other property by\nthe debtor, such last named property shall not be exempted from the payment of\nsuch unpaid purchase money.\n\n2. For spousal or child support obligations.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 6531; 1918, p. 487; 1956, c. 637; 1986, c. 218; 1990, c.\n942; 1991, c. 256; 2010, c. 550.","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}}