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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 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":279821,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78131,"identifier":"8.01-130.12","token":"8.01\/3\/13.1\/8.01-130.12","url":"\/8.01-130.12\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-130.12\/","token":"8.01\/3\/13.1\/8.01-130.12","dublin_core":{"Title":"When distress not unlawful because of irregularity, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-130.12","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When distress is made for rent justly due and any irregularity or unlawful act is afterwards done by the party<\/span> distraining, or his agent, the distress itself shall not be deemed to be unlawful, nor is the party<\/span> making it therefore deemed a trespasser ab initio. The party<\/span> aggrieved by such irregularity or unlawful act may, by action<\/span>, recover full satisfaction for the special damage he has sustained thereby.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN DISTRESS NOT UNLAWFUL BECAUSE OF IRREGULARITY, ETC (\u00a7 8.01-130.12)\n\nWhen distress is made for rent justly due and any irregularity or unlawful act\nis afterwards done by the party distraining, or his agent, the distress itself\nshall not be deemed to be unlawful, nor is the party making it therefore deemed\na trespasser ab initio. The party aggrieved by such irregularity or unlawful act\nmay, by action, recover full satisfaction for the special damage he has\nsustained thereby.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5527; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-236; 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}}