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If the execution creditor requests that the summons require the execution debtor to appear before a like court of the county or city in which the execution debtor resides, or of a county or city contiguous thereto, the case may be filed or docketed in accordance with the requirements of § 8.01-506.2 prior to issuance of the summons.C\n\nBefore proceeding under this section, the execution creditor shall furnish to the court a certificate setting forth that he has not proceeded against the execution debtor under this section within the six months last preceding the date of such certificate. However, for good cause shown, the court may, on motion of the execution creditor, issue an order allowing further proceedings before a commissioner by interrogatories during the six-month period. Any judgment creditor who knowingly gives false information upon any such certificate made under this article is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The issuance of a summons that is not served shall not constitute the act of proceeding against an execution debtor for purposes of making the certificate required by this subsection.D\n\nThe debtor or other person served with such summons shall appear at the time and place mentioned and make answer to such interrogatories. The commissioner shall, at the request of either of the parties, enter in his proceedings and report to the court mentioned in § 8.01-507.1 any and all objections taken by such debtor against answering such interrogatories, or any or either of them, and if the court afterwards sustains any one or more of such objections, the answers given to such interrogatories as to which objections are sustained shall be held for naught in that or any other case.E\n\nNotwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the court from which a writ of fieri facias issued, upon motion by the execution debtor, or by a person summoned pursuant to clause (iv) of subsection A, for good cause shown, shall transfer debtor interrogatory proceedings to a more convenient forum.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":241753,"text":"To ascertain the personal estate of a judgment debtor, and to ascertain any real estate, in or out of the Commonwealth, to which the debtor named in a judgment and fieri facias is entitled, upon the application of the execution creditor, the clerk of the court from which such fieri facias issued shall issue a summons against (i) the execution debtor; (ii) any officer, manager, or partner of a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or other business entity if such execution debtor is an entity having an office in the Commonwealth; (iii) any employee of such entity if such execution debtor is an entity having an office but no known officers, managers, or partners in the Commonwealth, provided that a copy of the summons shall also be served upon the registered agent of such entity; or (iv) any debtor to, or bailee of, the execution debtor if the judgment creditor or such judgment creditor’s attorney files an affidavit that he knows or reasonably suspects such person to be a debtor to, or bailee of, the execution debtor.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":241754,"text":"The summons shall require him to appear before the court from which the fieri facias issued or a commissioner of the county or city in which such court is located, or a like court or a commissioner of a county or city contiguous thereto, or upon request of the execution creditor, before a like court or a commissioner of the county or city in which the execution debtor resides, or of a county or city contiguous thereto, to answer such interrogatories as may be propounded to him by the execution creditor or his attorney, or the court, or the commissioner, as the case may be. If the execution creditor requests that the summons require the execution debtor to appear before a like court of the county or city in which the execution debtor resides, or of a county or city contiguous thereto, the case may be filed or docketed in accordance with the requirements of § 8.01-506.2 prior to issuance of the summons.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":241755,"text":"Before proceeding under this section, the execution creditor shall furnish to the court a certificate setting forth that he has not proceeded against the execution debtor under this section within the six months last preceding the date of such certificate. However, for good cause shown, the court may, on motion of the execution creditor, issue an order allowing further proceedings before a commissioner by interrogatories during the six-month period. Any judgment creditor who knowingly gives false information upon any such certificate made under this article is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The issuance of a summons that is not served shall not constitute the act of proceeding against an execution debtor for purposes of making the certificate required by this subsection.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":241756,"text":"The debtor or other person served with such summons shall appear at the time and place mentioned and make answer to such interrogatories. The commissioner shall, at the request of either of the parties, enter in his proceedings and report to the court mentioned in § 8.01-507.1 any and all objections taken by such debtor against answering such interrogatories, or any or either of them, and if the court afterwards sustains any one or more of such objections, the answers given to such interrogatories as to which objections are sustained shall be held for naught in that or any other case.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"4":{"id":241757,"text":"Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the court from which a writ of fieri facias issued, upon motion by the execution debtor, or by a person summoned pursuant to clause (iv) of subsection A, for good cause shown, shall transfer debtor interrogatory proceedings to a more convenient forum.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14051,"edition_id":1,"name":"Interrogatories","identifier":"6","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13222,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:42","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:42","permalink":{"id":278247,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14051,"identifier":"6","token":"8.01\/18\/6","url":"\/8.01\/18\/6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13222,"edition_id":1,"name":"Executions and Other Means of Recovery","identifier":"18","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12747,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:28","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:28","permalink":{"id":278063,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13222,"identifier":"18","token":"8.01\/18","url":"\/8.01\/18\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12747,"edition_id":1,"name":"Civil Remedies and Procedure","identifier":"8.01","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":277029,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12747,"identifier":"8.01","token":"8.01","url":"\/8.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":66638,"structure_id":14051,"section_number":"8.01-506","catch_line":"Proceedings by interrogatories to ascertain estate of debtor; summons; proviso; objections by judgment debtor","url":"\/8.01-506\/","token":"8.01\/18\/6\/8.01-506","metadata":false},{"id":56574,"structure_id":14051,"section_number":"8.01-506.1","catch_line":"Production of book accounts or other writing compelled","url":"\/8.01-506.1\/","token":"8.01\/18\/6\/8.01-506.1","metadata":false},{"id":71930,"structure_id":14051,"section_number":"8.01-506.2","catch_line":"Proceedings in court of county or city where execution debtor resides","url":"\/8.01-506.2\/","token":"8.01\/18\/6\/8.01-506.2","metadata":false},{"id":55149,"structure_id":14051,"section_number":"8.01-507","catch_line":"Conveyance or delivery of property disclosed by interrogatories","url":"\/8.01-507\/","token":"8.01\/18\/6\/8.01-507","metadata":false},{"id":60280,"structure_id":14051,"section_number":"8.01-507.1","catch_line":"Interrogatories, answers, etc., to be returned to court","url":"\/8.01-507.1\/","token":"8.01\/18\/6\/8.01-507.1","metadata":false},{"id":69965,"structure_id":14051,"section_number":"8.01-508","catch_line":"How debtor may be arrested and held to answer","url":"\/8.01-508\/","token":"8.01\/18\/6\/8.01-508","metadata":false},{"id":61359,"structure_id":14051,"section_number":"8.01-509","catch_line":"Order for sale and application of debtor's estate","url":"\/8.01-509\/","token":"8.01\/18\/6\/8.01-509","metadata":false},{"id":65409,"structure_id":14051,"section_number":"8.01-510","catch_line":"Sale, collection and disposition of debtor's estate by officer","url":"\/8.01-510\/","token":"8.01\/18\/6\/8.01-510","metadata":false}],"next_section":{"id":56574,"structure_id":14051,"section_number":"8.01-506.1","catch_line":"Production of book accounts or other writing compelled","url":"\/8.01-506.1\/","token":"8.01\/18\/6\/8.01-506.1","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/8.01-506\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 11 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1952, chapter 699; in 1968, chapter 599; in 1977, chapter 617; in 1978, chapter 66; in 1979, chapter 225; in 1985, chapter 433; in 1987, chapter 182; in 1991, chapter 463; in 2005, chapter 726<\/a>; in 2009, chapter 622<\/a>; in 2024, chapter 744<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78448,"section_number":"16.1-103","catch_line":"Proceedings by interrogatories","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-103\/"},{"id":63022,"section_number":"8.01-327.1","catch_line":"Definition of \"arrest under civil process.\"","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-327.1\/"},{"id":56793,"section_number":"8.01-479","catch_line":"Time for enforcement","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-479\/"},{"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":71930,"section_number":"8.01-506.2","catch_line":"Proceedings in court of county or city where execution debtor resides","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-506.2\/"},{"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\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":71930,"section_number":"8.01-506.2","catch_line":"Proceedings in court of county or city where execution debtor resides","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-506.2\/"},{"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\/"}],"permalink":{"id":278249,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66638,"identifier":"8.01-506","token":"8.01\/18\/6\/8.01-506","url":"\/8.01-506\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-506\/","token":"8.01\/18\/6\/8.01-506","dublin_core":{"Title":"Proceedings by interrogatories to ascertain estate of debtor; summons; proviso; objections by judgment debtor","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-506","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> To ascertain the personal estate of a judgment debtor<\/span>, and to ascertain any real estate, in or out of the Commonwealth, to which the debtor named in a judgment and fieri facias is entitled, upon the application of the execution creditor, the clerk of the court<\/span> from which such fieri facias issued shall issue<\/span> a summons<\/span> against (i) the execution debtor; (ii) any officer, manager, or partner of a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or other business entity if such execution debtor is an entity having an office in the Commonwealth; (iii) any employee of such entity if such execution debtor is an entity having an office but no known officers, managers, or partners in the Commonwealth, provided that a copy of the summons<\/span> shall also be served upon the registered agent of such entity; or (iv) any debtor to, or bailee of, the execution debtor if the judgment creditor<\/span> or such judgment creditor<\/span>’s attorney files an affidavit<\/span> that he knows or reasonably suspects such person<\/span> to be a debtor to, or bailee of, the execution debtor. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The summons<\/span> shall require him to appear before the court<\/span> from which the fieri facias issued or a commissioner of the county or city in which such court<\/span> is located, or a like court<\/span> or a commissioner of a county or city contiguous thereto, or upon request of the execution creditor, before a like court<\/span> or a commissioner of the county or city in which the execution debtor resides, or of a county or city contiguous thereto, to answer such interrogatories<\/span> as may be propounded to him by the execution creditor or his attorney, or the court<\/span>, or the commissioner, as the case may be. If the execution creditor requests that the summons<\/span> require the execution debtor to appear before a like court<\/span> of the county or city in which the execution debtor resides, or of a county or city contiguous thereto, the case may be filed or docketed in accordance with the requirements of § 8.01-506.2<\/a> prior to issuance of the summons<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Before proceeding under this section, the execution creditor shall furnish to the court<\/span> a certificate setting forth that he has not proceeded against the execution debtor under this section within the six months last preceding the date of such certificate. However, for good cause shown, the court<\/span> may, on motion<\/span> of the execution creditor, issue<\/span> an order<\/span> allowing further proceedings before a commissioner by interrogatories<\/span> during the six-month period. Any judgment creditor<\/span> who knowingly gives false information upon any such certificate made under this article is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>. The issuance of a summons<\/span> that is not served shall not constitute the act of proceeding against an execution debtor for purposes of making the certificate required by this subsection. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The debtor or other person<\/span> served with such summons<\/span> shall appear at the time and place mentioned and make answer to such interrogatories<\/span>. The commissioner shall, at the request of either of the parties, enter in his proceedings and report to the court<\/span> mentioned in § 8.01-507.1<\/a> any and all objections taken by such debtor against answering such interrogatories<\/span>, or any or either of them, and if the court<\/span> afterwards sustains<\/span> any one or more of such objections, the answers given to such interrogatories<\/span> as to which objections are sustained shall be held for naught in that or any other case. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the court<\/span> from which a writ of fieri facias<\/span> issued, upon motion<\/span> by the execution debtor, or by a person<\/span> summoned pursuant to clause (iv) of subsection A, for good cause shown, shall transfer debtor interrogatory<\/span> proceedings to a more convenient forum. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROCEEDINGS BY INTERROGATORIES TO ASCERTAIN ESTATE OF DEBTOR; SUMMONS; PROVISO;\nOBJECTIONS BY JUDGMENT DEBTOR (\u00a7 8.01-506)\n\nA. To ascertain the personal estate of a judgment debtor, and to ascertain any\nreal estate, in or out of the Commonwealth, to which the debtor named in a\njudgment and fieri facias is entitled, upon the application of the execution\ncreditor, the clerk of the court from which such fieri facias issued shall issue\na summons against (i) the execution debtor; (ii) any officer, manager, or\npartner of a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or other\nbusiness entity if such execution debtor is an entity having an office in the\nCommonwealth; (iii) any employee of such entity if such execution debtor is an\nentity having an office but no known officers, managers, or partners in the\nCommonwealth, provided that a copy of the summons shall also be served upon the\nregistered agent of such entity; or (iv) any debtor to, or bailee of, the\nexecution debtor if the judgment creditor or such judgment creditor’s\nattorney files an affidavit that he knows or reasonably suspects such person to\nbe a debtor to, or bailee of, the execution debtor.\n\nB. The summons shall require him to appear before the court from which the fieri\nfacias issued or a commissioner of the county or city in which such court is\nlocated, or a like court or a commissioner of a county or city contiguous\nthereto, or upon request of the execution creditor, before a like court or a\ncommissioner of the county or city in which the execution debtor resides, or of\na county or city contiguous thereto, to answer such interrogatories as may be\npropounded to him by the execution creditor or his attorney, or the court, or\nthe commissioner, as the case may be. If the execution creditor requests that\nthe summons require the execution debtor to appear before a like court of the\ncounty or city in which the execution debtor resides, or of a county or city\ncontiguous thereto, the case may be filed or docketed in accordance with the\nrequirements of § 8.01-506.2 prior to issuance of the summons.\n\nC. Before proceeding under this section, the execution creditor shall furnish to\nthe court a certificate setting forth that he has not proceeded against the\nexecution debtor under this section within the six months last preceding the\ndate of such certificate. However, for good cause shown, the court may, on\nmotion of the execution creditor, issue an order allowing further proceedings\nbefore a commissioner by interrogatories during the six-month period. Any\njudgment creditor who knowingly gives false information upon any such\ncertificate made under this article is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The\nissuance of a summons that is not served shall not constitute the act of\nproceeding against an execution debtor for purposes of making the certificate\nrequired by this subsection.\n\nD. The debtor or other person served with such summons shall appear at the time\nand place mentioned and make answer to such interrogatories. The commissioner\nshall, at the request of either of the parties, enter in his proceedings and\nreport to the court mentioned in § 8.01-507.1 any and all objections taken\nby such debtor against answering such interrogatories, or any or either of them,\nand if the court afterwards sustains any one or more of such objections, the\nanswers given to such interrogatories as to which objections are sustained shall\nbe held for naught in that or any other case.\n\nE. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the court from\nwhich a writ of fieri facias issued, upon motion by the execution debtor, or by\na person summoned pursuant to clause (iv) of subsection A, for good cause shown,\nshall transfer debtor interrogatory proceedings to a more convenient forum.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-435; 1952, c. 699; 1968, c. 599; 1977, c. 617; 1978, c.\n66; 1979, c. 225; 1985, c. 433; 1987, c. 182; 1991, c. 463; 2005, c. 726; 2009,\nc. 622; 2024, c. 744.","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}}