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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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":277951,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56920,"identifier":"8.01-465.3","token":"8.01\/17.1\/8.01-465.3","url":"\/8.01-465.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-465.3\/","token":"8.01\/17.1\/8.01-465.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice of filing","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-465.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor<\/span> or his lawyer shall make and file with the clerk of court<\/span> an affidavit<\/span> setting forth the name and last known post office address of the judgment debtor<\/span>, and the judgment creditor<\/span>.\n\t\tPromptly upon the filing of the foreign judgment and the affidavit<\/span>, the clerk shall mail notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor<\/span> at the address given and shall make a note of the mailing in the docket<\/span>. The notice shall include the name and post office address of the judgment creditor<\/span> and the judgment creditor<\/span>’s lawyer, if any, in the Commonwealth. In addition, the judgment creditor<\/span> may mail a notice of the filing of the judgment to the judgment debtor<\/span> and may file proof of mailing with the clerk. Lack of mailing notice of filing by the clerk shall not affect the enforcement proceedings if proof of mailing by the judgment creditor<\/span> has been filed.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTICE OF FILING (\u00a7 8.01-465.3)\n\nAt the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or his\nlawyer shall make and file with the clerk of court an affidavit setting forth\nthe name and last known post office address of the judgment debtor, and the\njudgment creditor.\n\t\tPromptly upon the filing of the foreign judgment and the affidavit, the clerk\nshall mail notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor\nat the address given and shall make a note of the mailing in the docket. The\nnotice shall include the name and post office address of the judgment creditor\nand the judgment creditor’s lawyer, if any, in the Commonwealth. In\naddition, the judgment creditor may mail a notice of the filing of the judgment\nto the judgment debtor and may file proof of mailing with the clerk. Lack of\nmailing notice of filing by the clerk shall not affect the enforcement\nproceedings if proof of mailing by the judgment creditor has been filed.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 539.","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}}