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This law was first created in 1980. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 555 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 1980 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1993, chapter 841; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":69715,"section_number":"16.1-79","catch_line":"Actions brought on warrant","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-79\/"}],"permalink":{"id":279841,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56439,"identifier":"8.01-130.5","token":"8.01\/3\/13.1\/8.01-130.5","url":"\/8.01-130.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-130.5\/","token":"8.01\/3\/13.1\/8.01-130.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Procedure for trial on warrant in distress","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-130.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The distress warrant shall contain a return date and be tried in the same manner as an action<\/span> on a warrant as prescribed in \u00a7 16.1-79<\/a>, except that the case shall be returnable not more than 30 days from its date of issuance. The trial<\/span> or hearing<\/span> of the issues<\/span>, except as otherwise provided, shall be the same, as near as may be, as in actions<\/span> in personam.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROCEDURE FOR TRIAL ON WARRANT IN DISTRESS (\u00a7 8.01-130.5)\n\nThe distress warrant shall contain a return date and be tried in the same manner\nas an action on a warrant as prescribed in \u00a7 16.1-79, except that the case\nshall be returnable not more than 30 days from its date of issuance. The trial\nor hearing of the issues, except as otherwise provided, shall be the same, as\nnear as may be, as in actions in personam.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 555, \u00a7 55-230.1; 1993, c. 841; 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}}