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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 539 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1990, chapter 738.<\/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":277947,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67451,"identifier":"8.01-465.2","token":"8.01\/17.1\/8.01-465.2","url":"\/8.01-465.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-465.2\/","token":"8.01\/17.1\/8.01-465.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Filing and status of foreign judgments","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-465.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A copy of any foreign judgment<\/span> authenticated in accordance with the act of Congress or the statutes<\/span> of this Commonwealth may be filed in the office of the clerk of any circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of any city or county of this Commonwealth upon payment of the fee prescribed in subdivision A 17 of \u00a7 17.1-275<\/a>. The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment<\/span> in the same manner as a judgment<\/span> of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of any city or county of this Commonwealth. A judgment<\/span> so filed has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses and proceedings for reopening, vacating, or staying as a judgment<\/span> of a circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of any city or county of this Commonwealth and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFILING AND STATUS OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS (\u00a7 8.01-465.2)\n\nA copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with the act of\nCongress or the statutes of this Commonwealth may be filed in the office of the\nclerk of any circuit court of any city or county of this Commonwealth upon\npayment of the fee prescribed in subdivision A 17 of \u00a7 17.1-275. The clerk\nshall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the circuit\ncourt of any city or county of this Commonwealth. A judgment so filed has the\nsame effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses and proceedings for\nreopening, vacating, or staying as a judgment of a circuit court of any city or\ncounty of this Commonwealth and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 539; 1990, c. 738.","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}}