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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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":277913,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56593,"identifier":"8.01-459","token":"8.01\/17\/7\/8.01-459","url":"\/8.01-459\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-459\/","token":"8.01\/17\/7\/8.01-459","dublin_core":{"Title":"Priority of judgments","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-459","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Judgments<\/span> against the same person<\/span> shall, as among themselves, attach to his real estate, and be payable thereout in the order<\/span> of the priority of the lien<\/span> of such judgments<\/span>, respectively.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPRIORITY OF JUDGMENTS (\u00a7 8.01-459)\n\nJudgments against the same person shall, as among themselves, attach to his real\nestate, and be payable thereout in the order of the priority of the lien of such\njudgments, respectively.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-387; 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}}