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I, c. 486; 2022, c. 324.","full_text":"A\n\nNo execution shall be issued and no action brought on a judgment dated, extended, or renewed, prior to July 1, 2021, including a judgment in favor of the Commonwealth and a judgment rendered in another state or country, after 20 years from the date of such judgment or domestication of such judgment or 20 years from the date of such extension or renewal of such judgment, whichever is later, unless the period is extended as provided in this section. No execution shall be issued and no action brought on a judgment dated on or after July 1, 2021, including a judgment in favor of the Commonwealth and a judgment rendered in another state or country, after 10 years from the date of such judgment or domestication of such judgment, unless the period is extended as provided in this section, except that no execution shall be issued and no action brought on a judgment dated on or after July 1, 2021, that was created by nonpayment of child support after 20 years from the date of such judgment or domestication of such judgment.B\n\nThe limitation prescribed in subsection A may be extended by the recordation of a certificate in the form provided in subsection G prior to the expiration of the limitation period prescribed herein in the clerk’s office in which such judgment is recorded and executed by either the judgment creditor or his assignee or by the judgment creditor’s or his assignee’s attorney or authorized agent. Recordation of the certificate shall extend the limitations period of the right to enforce such judgment for 10 years from the date of the recordation of the certificate. A judgment creditor or his assignee may record one additional extension by recording another certificate in the form provided in subsection G prior to the expiration of the original 10-year extension of the limitation period, which shall extend the limitations period of the right to enforce such judgment for 10 years from the date of recordation of the second certificate.\n\t\t\tThe clerk of the court shall index the certificate in both names in the index of the judgment lien book and give reference to the book and page in which the original lien is recorded. This procedure is subject to the exception that if the action is against a personal representative of a decedent, the motion shall be within two years from the date of his qualification, the extension may be for only two years from the time of the recordation of the certificate, and there may be only one such extension.C\n\nNo suit shall be brought to enforce the lien of any judgment, including judgments in favor of the Commonwealth, upon which the right to issue an execution or bring an action is barred by other subsections of this section, nor shall any suit be brought to enforce the lien of any judgment against the lands that have been conveyed by the judgment debtor to a grantee for value, unless the same be brought within five years from the due recordation of the deed from such judgment debtor to such grantee and unless a notice of lis pendens shall have been recorded in the manner provided by § 8.01-268 before the expiration of such five-year period.D\n\nIn computing the time, any time during which the right to sue out execution on the judgment is suspended by the terms thereof, or by legal process, shall be omitted. §§ 8.01-230 et seq., 8.01-247 and 8.01-256 shall apply to the right to bring such action in like manner as to any right.E\n\nThis section shall not be construed to impair the right of subrogation to which any person may become entitled while the lien is in force, provided that he institutes proceedings to enforce such right within five years after the same accrued, nor shall the lien of a judgment be impaired by the recovery of another judgment thereon, or by a forthcoming bond taken on an execution thereon, such bond having the force of a judgment.F\n\nLimitations on enforcement of judgments entered in the general district courts shall be governed by § 16.1-94.1, unless an abstract of such judgment is docketed in the judgment book of a circuit court. Upon docketing such judgment, such judgment shall be treated as a judgment entered by the circuit court and may be extended in the same manner as a judgment entered by the circuit court, although the original date of entry of the judgment shall remain the date that was entered by the general district court.G\n\nAny extension of the limitations of the right to enforce a judgment shall conform substantially with the following form:\n\t\t\tCERTIFICATE OF EXTENSION OF LIMITATION OF RIGHT TO ENFORCE JUDGMENT LIEN\n\t\t\tPlace of Record ___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tDate Judgment Docketed ___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tJudgment Lien Book __________________ Book Page __________________\n\t\t\tName of Judgment Creditor(s) or Assignee(s) ___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tAddress of Judgment Creditor(s) or Assignee(s) ___________________________________________________\n\t\t\tPhone number of Judgment Creditors(s) or Assignee(s) (if available) ___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tName of Judgment Creditor(s) or Assignee(s)’ attorney or agent ___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tAddress of Creditor(s) or Assignee(s)’ attorney or agent ___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tName of Debtor(s) ___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tI\/we, the undersigned [ ] judgment creditor(s) [ ] agent of judgment creditor(s) [ ] attorney for judgment creditor(s), do hereby certify that the aforementioned judgment lien be extended 10 years from the date of my\/our endorsement upon this certificate.\n\t\t\t[ ] Judgment creditor(s) or assignee(s) [ ] agent of judgment creditor(s) or assignee(s) [ ] attorney for judgment creditor(s) or assignee(s): ________________\n\t\t\tCommonwealth of Virginia\n\t\t\tCounty\/City of ____________________\n\t\t\tSubscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by\n\t\t\t_______________, this _____ day of ________, 20 _____\n\t\t\tMy Commission expires: ____________________\n\t\t\tNotary Public: ____________________","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":271452,"text":"No execution shall be issued and no action brought on a judgment dated, extended, or renewed, prior to July 1, 2021, including a judgment in favor of the Commonwealth and a judgment rendered in another state or country, after 20 years from the date of such judgment or domestication of such judgment or 20 years from the date of such extension or renewal of such judgment, whichever is later, unless the period is extended as provided in this section. No execution shall be issued and no action brought on a judgment dated on or after July 1, 2021, including a judgment in favor of the Commonwealth and a judgment rendered in another state or country, after 10 years from the date of such judgment or domestication of such judgment, unless the period is extended as provided in this section, except that no execution shall be issued and no action brought on a judgment dated on or after July 1, 2021, that was created by nonpayment of child support after 20 years from the date of such judgment or domestication of such judgment.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":271453,"text":"The limitation prescribed in subsection A may be extended by the recordation of a certificate in the form provided in subsection G prior to the expiration of the limitation period prescribed herein in the clerk’s office in which such judgment is recorded and executed by either the judgment creditor or his assignee or by the judgment creditor’s or his assignee’s attorney or authorized agent. Recordation of the certificate shall extend the limitations period of the right to enforce such judgment for 10 years from the date of the recordation of the certificate. A judgment creditor or his assignee may record one additional extension by recording another certificate in the form provided in subsection G prior to the expiration of the original 10-year extension of the limitation period, which shall extend the limitations period of the right to enforce such judgment for 10 years from the date of recordation of the second certificate.\n\t\t\tThe clerk of the court shall index the certificate in both names in the index of the judgment lien book and give reference to the book and page in which the original lien is recorded. This procedure is subject to the exception that if the action is against a personal representative of a decedent, the motion shall be within two years from the date of his qualification, the extension may be for only two years from the time of the recordation of the certificate, and there may be only one such extension.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":271454,"text":"No suit shall be brought to enforce the lien of any judgment, including judgments in favor of the Commonwealth, upon which the right to issue an execution or bring an action is barred by other subsections of this section, nor shall any suit be brought to enforce the lien of any judgment against the lands that have been conveyed by the judgment debtor to a grantee for value, unless the same be brought within five years from the due recordation of the deed from such judgment debtor to such grantee and unless a notice of lis pendens shall have been recorded in the manner provided by § 8.01-268 before the expiration of such five-year period.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":271455,"text":"In computing the time, any time during which the right to sue out execution on the judgment is suspended by the terms thereof, or by legal process, shall be omitted. §§ 8.01-230 et seq., 8.01-247 and 8.01-256 shall apply to the right to bring such action in like manner as to any right.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"4":{"id":271456,"text":"This section shall not be construed to impair the right of subrogation to which any person may become entitled while the lien is in force, provided that he institutes proceedings to enforce such right within five years after the same accrued, nor shall the lien of a judgment be impaired by the recovery of another judgment thereon, or by a forthcoming bond taken on an execution thereon, such bond having the force of a judgment.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D","next_prefix":"F"},"5":{"id":271457,"text":"Limitations on enforcement of judgments entered in the general district courts shall be governed by § 16.1-94.1, unless an abstract of such judgment is docketed in the judgment book of a circuit court. Upon docketing such judgment, such judgment shall be treated as a judgment entered by the circuit court and may be extended in the same manner as a judgment entered by the circuit court, although the original date of entry of the judgment shall remain the date that was entered by the general district court.","type":"section","prefixes":["F"],"prefix":"F","entire_prefix":"F","prefix_anchor":"F","level":1,"prior_prefix":"E","next_prefix":"G"},"6":{"id":271458,"text":"Any extension of the limitations of the right to enforce a judgment shall conform substantially with the following form:\n\t\t\tCERTIFICATE OF EXTENSION OF LIMITATION OF RIGHT TO ENFORCE JUDGMENT LIEN\n\t\t\tPlace of Record ___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tDate Judgment Docketed ___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tJudgment Lien Book __________________ Book Page __________________\n\t\t\tName of Judgment Creditor(s) or Assignee(s) ___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tAddress of Judgment Creditor(s) or Assignee(s) ___________________________________________________\n\t\t\tPhone number of Judgment Creditors(s) or Assignee(s) (if available) ___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tName of Judgment Creditor(s) or Assignee(s)’ attorney or agent ___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tAddress of Creditor(s) or Assignee(s)’ attorney or agent ___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tName of Debtor(s) ___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tI\/we, the undersigned [ ] judgment creditor(s) [ ] agent of judgment creditor(s) [ ] attorney for judgment creditor(s), do hereby certify that the aforementioned judgment lien be extended 10 years from the date of my\/our endorsement upon this certificate.\n\t\t\t[ ] Judgment creditor(s) or assignee(s) [ ] agent of judgment creditor(s) or assignee(s) [ ] attorney for judgment creditor(s) or assignee(s): ________________\n\t\t\tCommonwealth of Virginia\n\t\t\tCounty\/City of ____________________\n\t\t\tSubscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by\n\t\t\t_______________, this _____ day of ________, 20 _____\n\t\t\tMy Commission expires: ____________________\n\t\t\tNotary Public: ____________________","type":"section","prefixes":["G"],"prefix":"G","entire_prefix":"G","prefix_anchor":"G","level":1,"prior_prefix":"F"}},"ancestry":[{"id":16581,"edition_id":1,"name":"Limitations on Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees","identifier":"4","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14109,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 04:25:14","date_modified":"2026-06-26 04:25:14","permalink":{"id":281247,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":16581,"identifier":"4","token":"8.01\/4\/4","url":"\/8.01\/4\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14109,"edition_id":1,"name":"Limitations of Actions","identifier":"4","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12747,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:54","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:54","permalink":{"id":281127,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14109,"identifier":"4","token":"8.01\/4","url":"\/8.01\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12747,"edition_id":1,"name":"Civil Remedies and Procedure","identifier":"8.01","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":277029,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12747,"identifier":"8.01","token":"8.01","url":"\/8.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":75565,"structure_id":16581,"section_number":"8.01-251","catch_line":"Limitations on enforcement of judgments","url":"\/8.01-251\/","token":"8.01\/4\/4\/8.01-251","metadata":false},{"id":71666,"structure_id":16581,"section_number":"8.01-252","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/8.01-252\/","token":"8.01\/4\/4\/8.01-252","metadata":false}],"next_section":{"id":71666,"structure_id":16581,"section_number":"8.01-252","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/8.01-252\/","token":"8.01\/4\/4\/8.01-252","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/8.01-251\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 8 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 512; in 1958, chapter 221; in 1960, chapter 274; in 1977, chapter 617; in 1983, chapter 499; in 2002, chapter 394<\/a>; in 2005, chapters 139<\/a> and 203<\/a>; in 2022, chapter 324<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":68958,"section_number":"16.1-116","catch_line":"Issuance of executions and abstracts and proceedings by interrogatories after papers returned to circuit court","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-116\/"},{"id":54192,"section_number":"16.1-117","catch_line":"When papers in civil cases in certain municipal courts may be destroyed","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-117\/"},{"id":78717,"section_number":"16.1-118.1","catch_line":"Destruction of papers in civil cases in certain district courts","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-118.1\/"},{"id":57149,"section_number":"46.2-417","catch_line":"Suspension for failure to satisfy motor vehicle accident judgment; exceptions; insurance in liquidated company; insurer obligated to pay judgment","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-417\/"},{"id":62733,"section_number":"58.1-1802.1","catch_line":"Period of limitations on collection; accrual of interest and penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-1802.1\/"},{"id":72009,"section_number":"8.01-511","catch_line":"Institution of garnishment proceedings","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-511\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":86540,"section_number":"16.1-94.1","catch_line":"Limitations on enforcement of district court judgments","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-94.1\/"},{"id":74083,"section_number":"8.01-230","catch_line":"Accrual of right of action","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-230\/"},{"id":74502,"section_number":"8.01-247","catch_line":"When action on contract governed by the law of another state or country barred in Virginia","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-247\/"},{"id":67547,"section_number":"8.01-256","catch_line":"As to rights and remedies existing when this chapter takes effect","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-256\/"},{"id":56069,"section_number":"8.01-268","catch_line":"When and how docketed and indexed","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-268\/"}],"permalink":{"id":281249,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75565,"identifier":"8.01-251","token":"8.01\/4\/4\/8.01-251","url":"\/8.01-251\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-251\/","token":"8.01\/4\/4\/8.01-251","dublin_core":{"Title":"Limitations on enforcement of judgments","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-251","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No execution shall be issued and no action<\/span> brought on a judgment<\/span> dated, extended, or renewed, prior to July 1, 2021, including a judgment<\/span> in favor of the Commonwealth and a judgment<\/span> rendered in another state or country, after 20 years from the date of such judgment<\/span> or domestication of such judgment<\/span> or 20 years from the date of such extension or renewal of such judgment<\/span>, whichever is later, unless the period is extended as provided in this section. No execution shall be issued and no action<\/span> brought on a judgment<\/span> dated on or after July 1, 2021, including a judgment<\/span> in favor of the Commonwealth and a judgment<\/span> rendered in another state or country, after 10 years from the date of such judgment<\/span> or domestication of such judgment<\/span>, unless the period is extended as provided in this section, except that no execution shall be issued and no action<\/span> brought on a judgment<\/span> dated on or after July 1, 2021, that was created by nonpayment of child support after 20 years from the date of such judgment<\/span> or domestication of such judgment<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The limitation prescribed in subsection A may be extended by the recordation of a certificate in the form provided in subsection G prior to the expiration of the limitation period prescribed herein in the clerk’s office in which such judgment is recorded and executed by either the judgment creditor<\/span> or his assignee or by the judgment creditor<\/span>’s or his assignee’s attorney or authorized agent. Recordation of the certificate shall extend the limitations period of the right to enforce such judgment for 10 years from the date of the recordation of the certificate. A judgment creditor<\/span> or his assignee may record one additional extension by recording another certificate in the form provided in subsection G prior to the expiration of the original 10-year extension of the limitation period, which shall extend the limitations period of the right to enforce such judgment for 10 years from the date of recordation of the second certificate.\n\t\t\tThe clerk of the court<\/span> shall index the certificate in both names in the index of the judgment lien<\/span> book and give reference to the book and page in which the original lien<\/span> is recorded. This procedure is subject to the exception that if the action<\/span> is against a personal representative of a decedent, the motion<\/span> shall be within two years from the date of his qualification, the extension may be for only two years from the time of the recordation of the certificate, and there may be only one such extension. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> No suit<\/span> shall be brought to enforce the lien<\/span> of any judgment, including judgments<\/span> in favor of the Commonwealth, upon which the right to issue<\/span> an execution or bring an action<\/span> is barred by other subsections of this section, nor shall any suit<\/span> be brought to enforce the lien<\/span> of any judgment against the lands that have been conveyed by the judgment debtor<\/span> to a grantee for value, unless the same be brought within five years from the due recordation of the deed from such judgment debtor<\/span> to such grantee and unless a notice of lis pendens shall have been recorded in the manner provided by § 8.01-268<\/a> before the expiration of such five-year period. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> In computing the time, any time during which the right to sue out execution on the judgment is suspended by the terms thereof, or by legal process, shall be omitted. §§ 8.01-230<\/a> et seq., 8.01-247<\/a> and 8.01-256<\/a> shall apply to the right to bring such action<\/span> in like manner as to any right. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> This section shall not be construed to impair the right of subrogation to which any person<\/span> may become entitled while the lien<\/span> is in force, provided that he institutes proceedings to enforce such right within five years after the same accrued, nor shall the lien<\/span> of a judgment be impaired by the recovery of another judgment thereon, or by a forthcoming bond<\/span> taken on an execution thereon, such bond<\/span> having the force of a judgment. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

F.<\/span> Limitations on enforcement of judgments<\/span> entered in the general district courts<\/span> shall be governed by § 16.1-94.1<\/a>, unless an abstract of such judgment is docketed in the judgment book of a circuit<\/span> court<\/span>. Upon docketing such judgment, such judgment shall be treated as a judgment entered by the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> and may be extended in the same manner as a judgment entered by the circuit<\/span> court<\/span>, although the original date of entry of the judgment shall remain the date that was entered by the general district court<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

G.<\/span> Any extension of the limitations of the right to enforce a judgment shall conform substantially with the following form:\n\t\t\tCERTIFICATE OF EXTENSION OF LIMITATION OF RIGHT TO ENFORCE JUDGMENT LIEN<\/span>\n\t\t\tPlace of Record ___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tDate Judgment Docketed ___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tJudgment Lien<\/span> Book __________________ Book Page __________________\n\t\t\tName of Judgment Creditor<\/span>(s) or Assignee(s) ___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tAddress of Judgment Creditor<\/span>(s) or Assignee(s) ___________________________________________________\n\t\t\tPhone number of Judgment Creditors<\/span>(s) or Assignee(s) (if available) ___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tName of Judgment Creditor<\/span>(s) or Assignee(s)’ attorney or agent ___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tAddress of Creditor(s) or Assignee(s)’ attorney or agent ___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tName of Debtor(s) ___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tI\/we, the undersigned [ ] judgment creditor<\/span>(s) [ ] agent of judgment creditor<\/span>(s) [ ] attorney for judgment creditor<\/span>(s), do hereby certify that the aforementioned judgment lien<\/span> be extended 10 years from the date of my\/our endorsement upon this certificate.\n\t\t\t[ ] Judgment creditor<\/span>(s) or assignee(s) [ ] agent of judgment creditor<\/span>(s) or assignee(s) [ ] attorney for judgment creditor<\/span>(s) or assignee(s): ________________\n\t\t\tCommonwealth of Virginia\n\t\t\tCounty\/City of ____________________\n\t\t\tSubscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by\n\t\t\t_______________, this _____ day of ________, 20 _____\n\t\t\tMy Commission expires: ____________________\n\t\t\tNotary Public: ____________________ <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIMITATIONS ON ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS (\u00a7 8.01-251)\n\nA. No execution shall be issued and no action brought on a judgment dated,\nextended, or renewed, prior to July 1, 2021, including a judgment in favor of\nthe Commonwealth and a judgment rendered in another state or country, after 20\nyears from the date of such judgment or domestication of such judgment or 20\nyears from the date of such extension or renewal of such judgment, whichever is\nlater, unless the period is extended as provided in this section. No execution\nshall be issued and no action brought on a judgment dated on or after July 1,\n2021, including a judgment in favor of the Commonwealth and a judgment rendered\nin another state or country, after 10 years from the date of such judgment or\ndomestication of such judgment, unless the period is extended as provided in\nthis section, except that no execution shall be issued and no action brought on\na judgment dated on or after July 1, 2021, that was created by nonpayment of\nchild support after 20 years from the date of such judgment or domestication of\nsuch judgment.\n\nB. The limitation prescribed in subsection A may be extended by the recordation\nof a certificate in the form provided in subsection G prior to the expiration of\nthe limitation period prescribed herein in the clerk’s office in which\nsuch judgment is recorded and executed by either the judgment creditor or his\nassignee or by the judgment creditor’s or his assignee’s attorney or\nauthorized agent. Recordation of the certificate shall extend the limitations\nperiod of the right to enforce such judgment for 10 years from the date of the\nrecordation of the certificate. A judgment creditor or his assignee may record\none additional extension by recording another certificate in the form provided\nin subsection G prior to the expiration of the original 10-year extension of the\nlimitation period, which shall extend the limitations period of the right to\nenforce such judgment for 10 years from the date of recordation of the second\ncertificate.\n\t\t\tThe clerk of the court shall index the certificate in both names in the index\nof the judgment lien book and give reference to the book and page in which the\noriginal lien is recorded. This procedure is subject to the exception that if\nthe action is against a personal representative of a decedent, the motion shall\nbe within two years from the date of his qualification, the extension may be for\nonly two years from the time of the recordation of the certificate, and there\nmay be only one such extension.\n\nC. No suit shall be brought to enforce the lien of any judgment, including\njudgments in favor of the Commonwealth, upon which the right to issue an\nexecution or bring an action is barred by other subsections of this section, nor\nshall any suit be brought to enforce the lien of any judgment against the lands\nthat have been conveyed by the judgment debtor to a grantee for value, unless\nthe same be brought within five years from the due recordation of the deed from\nsuch judgment debtor to such grantee and unless a notice of lis pendens shall\nhave been recorded in the manner provided by § 8.01-268 before the\nexpiration of such five-year period.\n\nD. In computing the time, any time during which the right to sue out execution\non the judgment is suspended by the terms thereof, or by legal process, shall be\nomitted. §§ 8.01-230 et seq., 8.01-247 and 8.01-256 shall apply to the\nright to bring such action in like manner as to any right.\n\nE. This section shall not be construed to impair the right of subrogation to\nwhich any person may become entitled while the lien is in force, provided that\nhe institutes proceedings to enforce such right within five years after the same\naccrued, nor shall the lien of a judgment be impaired by the recovery of another\njudgment thereon, or by a forthcoming bond taken on an execution thereon, such\nbond having the force of a judgment.\n\nF. Limitations on enforcement of judgments entered in the general district\ncourts shall be governed by § 16.1-94.1, unless an abstract of such\njudgment is docketed in the judgment book of a circuit court. Upon docketing\nsuch judgment, such judgment shall be treated as a judgment entered by the\ncircuit court and may be extended in the same manner as a judgment entered by\nthe circuit court, although the original date of entry of the judgment shall\nremain the date that was entered by the general district court.\n\nG. Any extension of the limitations of the right to enforce a judgment shall\nconform substantially with the following form:\n\t\t\tCERTIFICATE OF EXTENSION OF LIMITATION OF RIGHT TO ENFORCE JUDGMENT LIEN\n\t\t\tPlace of Record\n___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tDate Judgment Docketed\n___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tJudgment Lien Book __________________ Book Page __________________\n\t\t\tName of Judgment Creditor(s) or Assignee(s)\n___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tAddress of Judgment Creditor(s) or Assignee(s)\n___________________________________________________\n\t\t\tPhone number of Judgment Creditors(s) or Assignee(s) (if available)\n___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tName of Judgment Creditor(s) or Assignee(s)’ attorney or agent\n___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tAddress of Creditor(s) or Assignee(s)’ attorney or agent\n___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tName of Debtor(s)\n___________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\tI\/we, the undersigned [ ] judgment creditor(s) [ ] agent of judgment\ncreditor(s) [ ] attorney for judgment creditor(s), do hereby certify that the\naforementioned judgment lien be extended 10 years from the date of my\/our\nendorsement upon this certificate.\n\t\t\t[ ] Judgment creditor(s) or assignee(s) [ ] agent of judgment creditor(s) or\nassignee(s) [ ] attorney for judgment creditor(s) or assignee(s):\n________________\n\t\t\tCommonwealth of Virginia\n\t\t\tCounty\/City of ____________________\n\t\t\tSubscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by\n\t\t\t_______________, this _____ day of ________, 20 _____\n\t\t\tMy Commission expires: ____________________\n\t\t\tNotary Public: ____________________\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 8-393, 8-394, 8-396, 8-397; 1956, c. 512; 1958, c. 221;\n1960, c. 274; 1977, c. 617; 1983, c. 499; 2002, c. 394; 2005, cc. 139, 203;\n2021, Sp. 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