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The tenant may make the same defenses that he could to a motion on a forfeited forthcoming bond given for rent and may also contest the value of what was reserved for the rent. The court shall ascertain, either by its own judgment or, if either party requires it, by the verdict of a jury impaneled without the formality of pleading, the extent of the liability of the tenant for rent and the value in money of such rent and if the tenant has been served with notice shall enter judgment against him for the amount so ascertained. It shall also order the goods distrained or attached, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be sold to pay the amount so ascertained. The officer charged with the execution of such warrant or attachment shall return such warrant or attachment to the clerk’s office of the court, showing how he has executed such warrant or attachment. If the goods so directed to be sold prove insufficient to pay the amount of the rent so ascertained, an execution may be issued on the judgment as in case of other judgments, which may be levied on such property as would be leviable under an execution issued on a judgment in an action brought to recover the rent.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":274293,"text":"When goods are distrained or attached for rent reserved in a share of the crop, or in anything other than money, the claimant of the rent shall give the tenant 10 days’ notice, and the claimant may then apply to the court to which the attachment is returnable, or the circuit court of the county or city in which the distress is made, to ascertain the value in money of the rent reserved and to order a sale of the goods distrained or attached. The tenant may make the same defenses that he could to a motion on a forfeited forthcoming bond given for rent and may also contest the value of what was reserved for the rent. The court shall ascertain, either by its own judgment or, if either party requires it, by the verdict of a jury impaneled without the formality of pleading, the extent of the liability of the tenant for rent and the value in money of such rent and if the tenant has been served with notice shall enter judgment against him for the amount so ascertained. It shall also order the goods distrained or attached, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be sold to pay the amount so ascertained. The officer charged with the execution of such warrant or attachment shall return such warrant or attachment to the clerk’s office of the court, showing how he has executed such warrant or attachment. If the goods so directed to be sold prove insufficient to pay the amount of the rent so ascertained, an execution may be issued on the judgment as in case of other judgments, which may be levied on such property as would be leviable under an execution issued on a judgment in an action brought to recover the rent.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15903,"edition_id":1,"name":"Miscellaneous Provisions","identifier":"5","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14155,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 04:01:39","date_modified":"2026-06-26 04:01:39","permalink":{"id":246341,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15903,"identifier":"5","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/5","url":"\/55.1\/III\/14\/5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14155,"edition_id":1,"name":"Nonresidential Tenancies","identifier":"14","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13073,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:04","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:04","permalink":{"id":246271,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14155,"identifier":"14","token":"55.1\/III\/14","url":"\/55.1\/III\/14\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13073,"edition_id":1,"name":"Rental Conveyances","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12707,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:14","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:14","permalink":{"id":245883,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13073,"identifier":"III","token":"55.1\/III","url":"\/55.1\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12707,"edition_id":1,"name":"Property and Conveyances","identifier":"55.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":244769,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12707,"identifier":"55.1","token":"55.1","url":"\/55.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":76415,"structure_id":15903,"section_number":"55.1-1418","catch_line":"Remedy when rent is to be paid in other thing than money","url":"\/55.1-1418\/","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/5\/55.1-1418","metadata":false},{"id":66508,"structure_id":15903,"section_number":"55.1-1419","catch_line":"Proceedings to establish right of reentry; judgment","url":"\/55.1-1419\/","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/5\/55.1-1419","metadata":false},{"id":86740,"structure_id":15903,"section_number":"55.1-1420","catch_line":"When defendant barred of relief","url":"\/55.1-1420\/","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/5\/55.1-1420","metadata":false},{"id":69016,"structure_id":15903,"section_number":"55.1-1421","catch_line":"How trustee or mortgagee relieved from the forfeiture","url":"\/55.1-1421\/","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/5\/55.1-1421","metadata":false},{"id":72153,"structure_id":15903,"section_number":"55.1-1422","catch_line":"How owner relieved in court","url":"\/55.1-1422\/","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/5\/55.1-1422","metadata":false},{"id":74412,"structure_id":15903,"section_number":"55.1-1423","catch_line":"How judgment of forfeiture prevented","url":"\/55.1-1423\/","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/5\/55.1-1423","metadata":false},{"id":66925,"structure_id":15903,"section_number":"55.1-1424","catch_line":"When action for reentry brought","url":"\/55.1-1424\/","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/5\/55.1-1424","metadata":false},{"id":65874,"structure_id":15903,"section_number":"55.1-1425","catch_line":"Written act of reentry to be returned and recorded and certificate of reentry published","url":"\/55.1-1425\/","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/5\/55.1-1425","metadata":false},{"id":61657,"structure_id":15903,"section_number":"55.1-1426","catch_line":"Fee of clerk","url":"\/55.1-1426\/","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/5\/55.1-1426","metadata":false},{"id":83825,"structure_id":15903,"section_number":"55.1-1427","catch_line":"How person entitled to lands may be restored to his possession","url":"\/55.1-1427\/","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/5\/55.1-1427","metadata":false},{"id":75354,"structure_id":15903,"section_number":"55.1-1428","catch_line":"Limitation of action against person in possession by reentry","url":"\/55.1-1428\/","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/5\/55.1-1428","metadata":false}],"next_section":{"id":66508,"structure_id":15903,"section_number":"55.1-1419","catch_line":"Proceedings to establish right of reentry; judgment","url":"\/55.1-1419\/","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/5\/55.1-1419","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/55.1-1418\/","history_text":"

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 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":246343,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76415,"identifier":"55.1-1418","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/5\/55.1-1418","url":"\/55.1-1418\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1418\/","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/5\/55.1-1418","dublin_core":{"Title":"Remedy when rent is to be paid in other thing than money","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1418","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When goods are distrained or attached for rent reserved in a share of the crop, or in anything other than money, the claimant of the rent shall give the tenant 10 days’ notice, and the claimant may then apply to the court<\/span> to which the attachment<\/span> is returnable, or the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the county or city in which the distress is made, to ascertain the value in money of the rent reserved and to order<\/span> a sale of the goods distrained or attached. The tenant may make the same defenses that he could to a motion<\/span> on a forfeited forthcoming bond<\/span> given for rent and may also contest the value of what was reserved for the rent. The court<\/span> shall ascertain, either by its own judgment<\/span> or, if either party<\/span> requires it, by the verdict<\/span> of a jury<\/span> impaneled without the formality of pleading, the extent of the liability of the tenant for rent and the value in money of such rent and if the tenant has been served with notice shall enter judgment<\/span> against him for the amount so ascertained. It shall also order<\/span> the goods distrained or attached, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be sold to pay the amount so ascertained. The officer charged with the execution of such warrant or attachment<\/span> shall return such warrant or attachment<\/span> to the clerk’s office of the court<\/span>, showing how he has executed such warrant or attachment<\/span>. If the goods so directed to be sold prove insufficient to pay the amount of the rent so ascertained, an execution may be issued on the judgment<\/span> as in case of other judgments<\/span>, which may be levied on such property as would be leviable under an execution issued on a judgment<\/span> in an action brought to recover the rent.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREMEDY WHEN RENT IS TO BE PAID IN OTHER THING THAN MONEY (\u00a7 55.1-1418)\n\nWhen goods are distrained or attached for rent reserved in a share of the crop,\nor in anything other than money, the claimant of the rent shall give the tenant\n10 days’ notice, and the claimant may then apply to the court to which the\nattachment is returnable, or the circuit court of the county or city in which\nthe distress is made, to ascertain the value in money of the rent reserved and\nto order a sale of the goods distrained or attached. The tenant may make the\nsame defenses that he could to a motion on a forfeited forthcoming bond given\nfor rent and may also contest the value of what was reserved for the rent. The\ncourt shall ascertain, either by its own judgment or, if either party requires\nit, by the verdict of a jury impaneled without the formality of pleading, the\nextent of the liability of the tenant for rent and the value in money of such\nrent and if the tenant has been served with notice shall enter judgment against\nhim for the amount so ascertained. It shall also order the goods distrained or\nattached, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be sold to pay the amount\nso ascertained. The officer charged with the execution of such warrant or\nattachment shall return such warrant or attachment to the clerk’s office\nof the court, showing how he has executed such warrant or attachment. If the\ngoods so directed to be sold prove insufficient to pay the amount of the rent so\nascertained, an execution may be issued on the judgment as in case of other\njudgments, which may be levied on such property as would be leviable under an\nexecution issued on a judgment in an action brought to recover the rent.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5529; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-238; 2019, c. 712.","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}}