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I, c. 486.","full_text":"Every judgment for money rendered in this Commonwealth by any state or federal court or by confession of judgment, as provided by law, shall be a lien on all the real estate of or to which the defendant in the judgment is or becomes possessed or entitled, from the time such judgment is recorded on the judgment lien docket of the clerk’s office of the county or city where such land is situated. Any judgment or decree properly docketed under the provisions of this section shall, if the real estate subject to the lien of such judgment has been annexed to or merged with an adjoining city subsequent to such docketing, be deemed to have been docketed in the proper clerk’s office of such city.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":290756,"text":"Every judgment for money rendered in this Commonwealth by any state or federal court or by confession of judgment, as provided by law, shall be a lien on all the real estate of or to which the defendant in the judgment is or becomes possessed or entitled, from the time such judgment is recorded on the judgment lien docket of the clerk’s office of the county or city where such land is situated. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1954, chapter 333; in 1960, chapter 466; in 1964, chapter 309; in 1977, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66934,"section_number":"55.1-1958","catch_line":"Tort and contract liability; judgment lien","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1958\/"},{"id":86492,"section_number":"55.1-3100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-3100\/"},{"id":82066,"section_number":"55.1-339","catch_line":"Release of deed of trust or other lien","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-339\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":277909,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81117,"identifier":"8.01-458","token":"8.01\/17\/7\/8.01-458","url":"\/8.01-458\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-458\/","token":"8.01\/17\/7\/8.01-458","dublin_core":{"Title":"From what time judgment to be a lien on real estate; docketing revived judgment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-458","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every judgment for money rendered in this Commonwealth by any state or federal court<\/span> or by confession<\/span> of judgment, as provided by law<\/span>, shall be a lien on all the real estate of or to which the defendant<\/span> in the judgment is or becomes possessed or entitled, from the time such judgment is recorded on the judgment lien docket<\/span> of the clerk’s office of the county or city where such land is situated. Any judgment or decree<\/span> properly docketed under the provisions of this section shall, if the real estate subject to the lien of such judgment has been annexed to or merged with an adjoining city subsequent to such docketing, be deemed to have been docketed in the proper clerk’s office of such city.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFROM WHAT TIME JUDGMENT TO BE A LIEN ON REAL ESTATE; DOCKETING REVIVED JUDGMENT\n(\u00a7 8.01-458)\n\nEvery judgment for money rendered in this Commonwealth by any state or federal\ncourt or by confession of judgment, as provided by law, shall be a lien on all\nthe real estate of or to which the defendant in the judgment is or becomes\npossessed or entitled, from the time such judgment is recorded on the judgment\nlien docket of the clerk’s office of the county or city where such land is\nsituated. Any judgment or decree properly docketed under the provisions of this\nsection shall, if the real estate subject to the lien of such judgment has been\nannexed to or merged with an adjoining city subsequent to such docketing, be\ndeemed to have been docketed in the proper clerk’s office of such city.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-386; 1954, c. 333; 1960, c. 466; 1964, c. 309; 1977, c.\n617; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 486.","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}}