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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. 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If it appear to the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> that the rents and profits of all real estate subject to the <span class=\"dictionary\">lien<\/span> will not satisfy the <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment<\/span> in five years, the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> may <span class=\"dictionary\">decree<\/span> such real estate, or any part thereof, to be sold, and the proceeds applied to the discharge of the <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJURISDICTION OF EQUITY TO ENFORCE LIEN OF JUDGMENT; WHEN IT MAY DECREE SALE (\u00a7\n8.01-462)\n\nJurisdiction to enforce the lien of a judgment shall be in equity. If it appear\nto the court that the rents and profits of all real estate subject to the lien\nwill not satisfy the judgment in five years, the court may decree such real\nestate, or any part thereof, to be sold, and the proceeds applied to the\ndischarge of the judgment.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-391; 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}}