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If the complaint is filed within the appropriate time, and after execution executed, the plaintiff shall be accountable for no more than he, really and bona fide, without fraud, deceit, or willful neglect, makes of the premises from the time of his entering into the actual possession of the premises, and if it is less than the rent payable, then the possession shall not be restored until the plaintiff is paid the balance of the rent for the time he so held the lands.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":259932,"text":"If the owner of lands subject to a proceeding filed pursuant to \u00a7 55-1419, or any person having right or claim to such land, files within the appropriate time his complaint for relief, he shall not have or continue any injunction against the proceedings at law on the ejectment, unless, within 30 days following a full and perfect answer filed by the plaintiff in ejectment, he brings into court, or deposits in a bank within the Commonwealth to the credit of the cause, such money as the plaintiff in ejectment, in his answers, swears to be due and in arrear, over and above all just allowances and also the costs taxed in the action, there to remain until the hearing of the cause, or to be paid out to the plaintiff on good security, subject to the order of the court. If the complaint is filed within the appropriate time, and after execution executed, the plaintiff shall be accountable for no more than he, really and bona fide, without fraud, deceit, or willful neglect, makes of the premises from the time of his entering into the actual possession of the premises, and if it is less than the rent payable, then the possession shall not be restored until the plaintiff is paid the balance of the rent for the time he so held the lands.","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}],"previous_section":{"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},"next_section":{"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},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/55.1-1422\/","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":246359,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72153,"identifier":"55.1-1422","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/5\/55.1-1422","url":"\/55.1-1422\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1422\/","token":"55.1\/III\/14\/5\/55.1-1422","dublin_core":{"Title":"How owner relieved in court","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1422","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the owner of lands subject to a proceeding filed pursuant to \u00a7 55-1419, or any person having right or claim to such land, files within the appropriate time his complaint for relief, he shall not have or continue any injunction<\/span> against the proceedings at law<\/span> on the ejectment, unless, within 30 days following a full and perfect answer filed by the plaintiff<\/span> in ejectment, he brings into court<\/span>, or deposits in a bank within the Commonwealth to the credit of the cause, such money as the plaintiff<\/span> in ejectment, in his answers, swears to be due and in arrear, over and above all just allowances and also the costs taxed in the action, there to remain until the hearing<\/span> of the cause, or to be paid out to the plaintiff<\/span> on good security, subject to the order<\/span> of the court<\/span>. If the complaint is filed within the appropriate time, and after execution executed, the plaintiff<\/span> shall be accountable for no more than he, really and bona fide, without fraud<\/span>, deceit, or willful neglect, makes of the premises from the time of his entering into the actual possession<\/span> of the premises, and if it is less than the rent payable, then the possession<\/span> shall not be restored until the plaintiff<\/span> is paid the balance of the rent for the time he so held the lands.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW OWNER RELIEVED IN COURT (\u00a7 55.1-1422)\n\nIf the owner of lands subject to a proceeding filed pursuant to \u00a7 55-1419, or\nany person having right or claim to such land, files within the appropriate time\nhis complaint for relief, he shall not have or continue any injunction against\nthe proceedings at law on the ejectment, unless, within 30 days following a full\nand perfect answer filed by the plaintiff in ejectment, he brings into court, or\ndeposits in a bank within the Commonwealth to the credit of the cause, such\nmoney as the plaintiff in ejectment, in his answers, swears to be due and in\narrear, over and above all just allowances and also the costs taxed in the\naction, there to remain until the hearing of the cause, or to be paid out to the\nplaintiff on good security, subject to the order of the court. If the complaint\nis filed within the appropriate time, and after execution executed, the\nplaintiff shall be accountable for no more than he, really and bona fide,\nwithout fraud, deceit, or willful neglect, makes of the premises from the time\nof his entering into the actual possession of the premises, and if it is less\nthan the rent payable, then the possession shall not be restored until the\nplaintiff is paid the balance of the rent for the time he so held the lands.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5533; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-242; 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}}