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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1979, chapter 192; in 1986, chapter 276; in 1988, chapter 420; in 2015, chapter 631<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 482<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":71931,"section_number":"17.1-275","catch_line":"Fees collected by clerks of circuit courts; generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-275\/"}],"permalink":{"id":277887,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55782,"identifier":"8.01-453","token":"8.01\/17\/6\/8.01-453","url":"\/8.01-453\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-453\/","token":"8.01\/17\/6\/8.01-453","dublin_core":{"Title":"When and how payment or discharge entered on judgment docket","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-453","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The fact<\/span> of satisfaction of any judgment so docketed, and if there is more than one defendant<\/span>, by which defendant<\/span> it was satisfied, shall be entered by the clerk in whose office the judgment is docketed whenever it appears from a certificate of the clerk of the court<\/span> in which the judgment was rendered that the judgment has been satisfied or upon the direction, in writing, of the judgment creditor<\/span> or his duly authorized attorney or other agent. However, the judgment creditor<\/span> may record an instrument, upon payment of the fees for recordation of each instrument pursuant to \u00a7 17.1-275<\/a>, releasing the lien<\/span> of any judgment so docketed as against one or more parcels of real property, even when full satisfaction of the judgment has not been made and entered by the clerk.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN AND HOW PAYMENT OR DISCHARGE ENTERED ON JUDGMENT DOCKET (\u00a7 8.01-453)\n\nThe fact of satisfaction of any judgment so docketed, and if there is more than\none defendant, by which defendant it was satisfied, shall be entered by the\nclerk in whose office the judgment is docketed whenever it appears from a\ncertificate of the clerk of the court in which the judgment was rendered that\nthe judgment has been satisfied or upon the direction, in writing, of the\njudgment creditor or his duly authorized attorney or other agent. However, the\njudgment creditor may record an instrument, upon payment of the fees for\nrecordation of each instrument pursuant to \u00a7 17.1-275, releasing the lien of\nany judgment so docketed as against one or more parcels of real property, even\nwhen full satisfaction of the judgment has not been made and entered by the\nclerk.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-380; 1977, c. 617; 1979, c. 192; 1986, c. 276; 1988, c.\n420; 2015, c. 631; 2016, c. 482.","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}}