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If the credit was extended for personal, family or household purposes, the judgment shall not be a lien against the real estate of the obligor or the basis of obtaining execution against his personal property until the expiration of the 21-day period allowed the judgment debtor as set forth in \u00a7 8.01-433. In the event the judgment debtor files a motion or other pleading within such 21-day period, the judgment shall not be a lien against such real estate or its basis of execution against personal property until an order to that effect is entered by the court. It will be presumed that the obligation is for personal, family or household purposes if the debtor is a natural person, unless the plaintiff or someone on his behalf makes oath or makes out and files an affidavit that the obligation was not for such purposes, or the obligation for which judgment is confessed recites that it is for other purposes.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":235941,"text":"The clerk shall record in the proper book any judgment confessed under the provisions of \u00a7 8.01-432 and the day and hour when the same was confessed, and the lien thereof shall attach and be binding from the time such judgment is recorded on the judgment lien docket of the clerk’s office of the county or city in which land of the defendant lies. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1962, chapter 388; in 1970, chapter 395; in 1977, chapter 617; in 1986, chapter 523; in 2014, chapter 330<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"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\/"},{"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\/"}],"permalink":{"id":277795,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64834,"identifier":"8.01-434","token":"8.01\/17\/2\/8.01-434","url":"\/8.01-434\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-434\/","token":"8.01\/17\/2\/8.01-434","dublin_core":{"Title":"Lien of such judgments","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-434","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The clerk shall record in the proper book any judgment confessed under the provisions of \u00a7 8.01-432<\/a> and the day and hour when the same was confessed, and the lien thereof shall attach and be binding from the time such judgment is recorded on the judgment lien docket<\/span> of the clerk’s office of the county or city in which land of the defendant<\/span> lies. If the credit was extended for personal, family or household purposes, the judgment shall not be a lien against the real estate of the obligor or the basis of obtaining execution against his personal property until the expiration of the 21-day period allowed the judgment debtor<\/span> as set forth in \u00a7 8.01-433<\/a>. In the event the judgment debtor<\/span> files a motion<\/span> or other pleading within such 21-day period, the judgment shall not be a lien against such real estate or its basis of execution against personal property until an order<\/span> to that effect is entered by the court<\/span>. It will be presumed that the obligation is for personal, family or household purposes if the debtor is a natural person<\/span>, unless the plaintiff<\/span> or someone on his behalf makes oath<\/span> or makes out and files an affidavit<\/span> that the obligation was not for such purposes, or the obligation for which judgment is confessed recites that it is for other purposes.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIEN OF SUCH JUDGMENTS (\u00a7 8.01-434)\n\nThe clerk shall record in the proper book any judgment confessed under the\nprovisions of \u00a7 8.01-432 and the day and hour when the same was confessed, and\nthe lien thereof shall attach and be binding from the time such judgment is\nrecorded on the judgment lien docket of the clerk’s office of the county\nor city in which land of the defendant lies. If the credit was extended for\npersonal, family or household purposes, the judgment shall not be a lien against\nthe real estate of the obligor or the basis of obtaining execution against his\npersonal property until the expiration of the 21-day period allowed the judgment\ndebtor as set forth in \u00a7 8.01-433. In the event the judgment debtor files a\nmotion or other pleading within such 21-day period, the judgment shall not be a\nlien against such real estate or its basis of execution against personal\nproperty until an order to that effect is entered by the court. It will be\npresumed that the obligation is for personal, family or household purposes if\nthe debtor is a natural person, unless the plaintiff or someone on his behalf\nmakes oath or makes out and files an affidavit that the obligation was not for\nsuch purposes, or the obligation for which judgment is confessed recites that it\nis for other purposes.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-358; 1962, c. 388; 1970, c. 395; 1977, c. 617; 1986, c.\n523; 2014, c. 330.","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}}