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Whenever any such judgment is set aside or modified the case shall be placed on the trial docket of the court, and the proceedings thereon shall thereafter be the same as if an action at law had been instituted upon the bond, note or other evidence of debt upon which judgment was confessed. After such case is so docketed the court shall make such order as to the pleadings, future proceedings and costs as to the court may seem just.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":302647,"text":"Any judgment confessed under the provisions of \u00a7 8.01-432 may be set aside or reduced upon motion of the judgment debtor made within twenty-one days following notice to him that such judgment has been entered against him, and after twenty-one days notice to the judgment creditor or creditors for whom the judgment was confessed, on any ground which would have been an adequate defense or setoff in an action at law instituted upon the judgment creditor’s note, bond or other evidence of debt upon which such judgment was confessed. Whenever any such judgment is set aside or modified the case shall be placed on the trial docket of the court, and the proceedings thereon shall thereafter be the same as if an action at law had been instituted upon the bond, note or other evidence of debt upon which judgment was confessed. 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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":64834,"section_number":"8.01-434","catch_line":"Lien of such judgments","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-434\/"},{"id":85484,"section_number":"8.01-438","catch_line":"When judgment confessed by attorney-in-fact copy to be served on judgment debtor","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-438\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":56092,"section_number":"8.01-432","catch_line":"Confession of judgment irrespective of suit pending","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-432\/"}],"permalink":{"id":277787,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84427,"identifier":"8.01-433","token":"8.01\/17\/2\/8.01-433","url":"\/8.01-433\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-433\/","token":"8.01\/17\/2\/8.01-433","dublin_core":{"Title":"Setting aside judgments confessed under \u00a7 8.01-432","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-433","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any judgment confessed under the provisions of \u00a7 8.01-432<\/a> may be set aside or reduced upon motion<\/span> of the judgment debtor<\/span> made within twenty-one days following notice to him that such judgment has been entered against him, and after twenty-one days notice to the judgment creditor<\/span> or creditors<\/span> for whom the judgment was confessed, on any ground which would have been an adequate defense or setoff in an action<\/span> at law<\/span> instituted upon the judgment creditor<\/span>’s note, bond<\/span> or other evidence<\/span> of debt upon which such judgment was confessed. Whenever any such judgment is set aside or modified the case shall be placed on the trial<\/span> docket<\/span> of the court<\/span>, and the proceedings thereon shall thereafter be the same as if an action<\/span> at law<\/span> had been instituted upon the bond<\/span>, note or other evidence<\/span> of debt upon which judgment was confessed. After such case is so docketed the court<\/span> shall make such order<\/span> as to the pleadings<\/span>, future proceedings and costs as to the court<\/span> may seem just.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSETTING ASIDE JUDGMENTS CONFESSED UNDER \u00a7 8.01-432 (\u00a7 8.01-433)\n\nAny judgment confessed under the provisions of \u00a7 8.01-432 may be set aside or\nreduced upon motion of the judgment debtor made within twenty-one days following\nnotice to him that such judgment has been entered against him, and after\ntwenty-one days notice to the judgment creditor or creditors for whom the\njudgment was confessed, on any ground which would have been an adequate defense\nor setoff in an action at law instituted upon the judgment creditor’s\nnote, bond or other evidence of debt upon which such judgment was confessed.\nWhenever any such judgment is set aside or modified the case shall be placed on\nthe trial docket of the court, and the proceedings thereon shall thereafter be\nthe same as if an action at law had been instituted upon the bond, note or other\nevidence of debt upon which judgment was confessed. After such case is so\ndocketed the court shall make such order as to the pleadings, future proceedings\nand costs as to the court may seem just.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-357; 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}}