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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 726<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66638,"section_number":"8.01-506","catch_line":"Proceedings by interrogatories to ascertain estate of debtor; summons; proviso; objections by judgment debtor","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-506\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":60355,"section_number":"16.1-69.48:2","catch_line":"Fees for services of district court judges and clerks and magistrates in civil cases","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-69.48_2\/"},{"id":60091,"section_number":"17.1-275.3","catch_line":"Fixed felony revocation fee","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-275.3\/"},{"id":66638,"section_number":"8.01-506","catch_line":"Proceedings by interrogatories to ascertain estate of debtor; summons; proviso; objections by judgment debtor","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-506\/"},{"id":56574,"section_number":"8.01-506.1","catch_line":"Production of book accounts or other writing compelled","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-506.1\/"},{"id":55149,"section_number":"8.01-507","catch_line":"Conveyance or delivery of property disclosed by interrogatories","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-507\/"},{"id":60280,"section_number":"8.01-507.1","catch_line":"Interrogatories, answers, etc., to be returned to court","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-507.1\/"},{"id":69965,"section_number":"8.01-508","catch_line":"How debtor may be arrested and held to answer","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-508\/"},{"id":61359,"section_number":"8.01-509","catch_line":"Order for sale and application of debtor's estate","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-509\/"},{"id":65409,"section_number":"8.01-510","catch_line":"Sale, collection and disposition of debtor's estate by officer","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-510\/"}],"permalink":{"id":278257,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71930,"identifier":"8.01-506.2","token":"8.01\/18\/6\/8.01-506.2","url":"\/8.01-506.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-506.2\/","token":"8.01\/18\/6\/8.01-506.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Proceedings in court of county or city where execution debtor resides","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-506.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When pursuant to subsection B of \u00a7 8.01-506<\/a>, a summons<\/span> requires the execution debtor to appear before a court<\/span> of the county or city in which the execution debtor resides, or of a county or city contiguous thereto, the execution creditor<\/span> may have the case filed or docketed in that court<\/span> as follows:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The execution creditor<\/span> shall file with that court<\/span> an abstract of the judgment<\/span> rendered. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The execution creditor<\/span> shall pay a fee to that court<\/span> in accordance with the provisions of § 16.1-69.48:2<\/a> or subdivision 17 of § 17.1-275<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> After docketing or filing the abstract of judgment<\/span> and payment of any fees, the court<\/span> shall issue<\/span> the summons<\/span> and any subsequent executions on the filed or docketed judgment<\/span>, including a subpoena duces tecum<\/span> pursuant to § 8.01-506.1<\/a>, and shall conduct such hearings<\/span> and enter such orders<\/span> pursuant to §§ 8.01-507<\/a>, 8.01-507.1<\/a>, 8.01-508<\/a>, 8.01-509<\/a>, and 8.01-510<\/a> as may be required. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> The execution creditor<\/span> shall file in both courts<\/span> any releases or satisfactions of judgment<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROCEEDINGS IN COURT OF COUNTY OR CITY WHERE EXECUTION DEBTOR RESIDES (\u00a7\n8.01-506.2)\n\nWhen pursuant to subsection B of \u00a7 8.01-506, a summons requires the execution\ndebtor to appear before a court of the county or city in which the execution\ndebtor resides, or of a county or city contiguous thereto, the execution\ncreditor may have the case filed or docketed in that court as follows:\n\n1. The execution creditor shall file with that court an abstract of the judgment\nrendered.\n\n2. The execution creditor shall pay a fee to that court in accordance with the\nprovisions of § 16.1-69.48:2 or subdivision 17 of § 17.1-275.\n\n3. After docketing or filing the abstract of judgment and payment of any fees,\nthe court shall issue the summons and any subsequent executions on the filed or\ndocketed judgment, including a subpoena duces tecum pursuant to §\n8.01-506.1, and shall conduct such hearings and enter such orders pursuant to\n§§ 8.01-507, 8.01-507.1, 8.01-508, 8.01-509, and 8.01-510 as may be\nrequired.\n\n4. The execution creditor shall file in both courts any releases or\nsatisfactions of judgment.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, c. 726.","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}}