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Execution may thereafter issue against the judgment debtor in the prior name, the new name, or both. The clerk may require the submission by any party interested in the judgment or by his duly authorized attorney or agent of a form similar to that set out in \u00a7 8.01-446.1 indicating that the judgment debtor has acquired a new name, and stating the new name. Such form shall constitute satisfactory proof of the new name. 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Such form shall constitute satisfactory proof of the new name. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1977, chapter 617; in 1998, chapter 639<\/a>.<\/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\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":64098,"section_number":"17.1-249","catch_line":"General indexes for clerks' offices; daily index","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-249\/"},{"id":75061,"section_number":"8.01-446.1","catch_line":"Keeping of docket books by clerk of court using micrographic process; form","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-446.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":277873,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76349,"identifier":"8.01-451","token":"8.01\/17\/5\/8.01-451","url":"\/8.01-451\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-451\/","token":"8.01\/17\/5\/8.01-451","dublin_core":{"Title":"Judgments to be docketed and indexed in new names of judgment debtors; how execution may thereafter issue","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-451","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever there is a judgment docketed and indexed, as required by \u00a7 17.1-249<\/a>, and thereafter a judgment debtor<\/span> whose name is so recorded changes his name, whether by marriage, court order<\/span>, by a voluntary assumption of a new name or otherwise, the clerk of the court in which the judgment was obtained, upon satisfactory proof that the judgment debtor<\/span> has acquired a new name, shall docket<\/span> and index the judgment in the new name. Execution may thereafter issue<\/span> against the judgment debtor<\/span> in the prior name, the new name, or both. The clerk may require the submission by any party<\/span> interested in the judgment or by his duly authorized attorney or agent of a form similar to that set out in \u00a7 8.01-446.1<\/a> indicating that the judgment debtor<\/span> has acquired a new name, and stating the new name. Such form shall constitute satisfactory proof of the new name. This section shall apply to all judgments<\/span> obtained prior or subsequent to the enactment hereof.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJUDGMENTS TO BE DOCKETED AND INDEXED IN NEW NAMES OF JUDGMENT DEBTORS; HOW\nEXECUTION MAY THEREAFTER ISSUE (\u00a7 8.01-451)\n\nWhenever there is a judgment docketed and indexed, as required by \u00a7 17.1-249,\nand thereafter a judgment debtor whose name is so recorded changes his name,\nwhether by marriage, court order, by a voluntary assumption of a new name or\notherwise, the clerk of the court in which the judgment was obtained, upon\nsatisfactory proof that the judgment debtor has acquired a new name, shall\ndocket and index the judgment in the new name. Execution may thereafter issue\nagainst the judgment debtor in the prior name, the new name, or both. The clerk\nmay require the submission by any party interested in the judgment or by his\nduly authorized attorney or agent of a form similar to that set out in \u00a7\n8.01-446.1 indicating that the judgment debtor has acquired a new name, and\nstating the new name. Such form shall constitute satisfactory proof of the new\nname. This section shall apply to all judgments obtained prior or subsequent to\nthe enactment hereof.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-378.1; 1950, p. 440; 1977, c. 617; 1998, c. 639.","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}}