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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 1977, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71931,"section_number":"17.1-275","catch_line":"Fees collected by clerks of circuit courts; generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-275\/"},{"id":84427,"section_number":"8.01-433","catch_line":"Setting aside judgments confessed under \u00a7 8.01-432","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-433\/"},{"id":64834,"section_number":"8.01-434","catch_line":"Lien of such judgments","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-434\/"},{"id":62451,"section_number":"8.01-435","catch_line":"Who may confess judgment","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-435\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":277783,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56092,"identifier":"8.01-432","token":"8.01\/17\/2\/8.01-432","url":"\/8.01-432\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-432\/","token":"8.01\/17\/2\/8.01-432","dublin_core":{"Title":"Confession of judgment irrespective of suit pending","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-432","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person<\/span> being indebted to another person<\/span>, or any attorney-in-fact<\/span><\/span> pursuant to a power of attorney<\/span>, may at any time confess judgment<\/span> in the clerk’s office of any circuit<\/span> court<\/span> in this Commonwealth, whether a suit<\/span>, motion<\/span> or action<\/span> be pending therefor or not, for only such principal and interest as his creditor<\/span> may be willing to accept a judgment<\/span> for, which judgment<\/span>, when so confessed, shall be forthwith entered of record by the clerk in whose office it is confessed, in the proper order<\/span> book of his court<\/span>. Such judgment<\/span> shall be as final and as binding as though confessed in open court<\/span> or rendered by the court<\/span>, subject to the control of the court<\/span> in the clerk’s office of which the same shall have been confessed.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONFESSION OF JUDGMENT IRRESPECTIVE OF SUIT PENDING (\u00a7 8.01-432)\n\nAny person being indebted to another person, or any attorney-in-fact pursuant to\na power of attorney, may at any time confess judgment in the clerk’s\noffice of any circuit court in this Commonwealth, whether a suit, motion or\naction be pending therefor or not, for only such principal and interest as his\ncreditor may be willing to accept a judgment for, which judgment, when so\nconfessed, shall be forthwith entered of record by the clerk in whose office it\nis confessed, in the proper order book of his court. Such judgment shall be as\nfinal and as binding as though confessed in open court or rendered by the court,\nsubject to the control of the court in the clerk’s office of which the\nsame shall have been confessed.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-356; 1977, c. 617.","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}}