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If the person in default fails to answer or convey and deliver he may be incarcerated until he makes such answers or conveyance and delivery. Where a capias is issued, the person in default shall be admitted to bail as provided in Article 1 (\u00a7 19.2-119 et seq.) of Chapter 9 of Title 19.2 if he cannot be brought promptly before the commissioner or court in the county or city to which the capias is returnable. Upon making such answers, or such conveyance and delivery, he shall be discharged by the commissioner or the court. He may also be discharged by the court from whose clerk’s office the capias issued in any case where the court is of the opinion that he was improperly committed or is improperly or unlawfully detained in custody. If the person in default appeals the decision of the commissioner or court, he shall be admitted to bail as provided in Article 1 (\u00a7 19.2-119 et seq.) of Chapter 9 of Title 19.2.\n\t\tIf the person held for failure to appear and answer interrogatories is detained in a jurisdiction other than that where the summons is issued, the sheriff in the requesting jurisdiction shall have the duty to transport such person to the place where interrogatories are to be taken.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":252794,"text":"If any person summoned under \u00a7 8.01-506 fails to appear and answer, or makes any answers which are deemed by the commissioner or court to be evasive, or if, having answered, fails to make such conveyance and delivery as is required by \u00a7 8.01-507, the commissioner or court shall issue (i) a capias directed to any sheriff requiring such sheriff to take the person in default and deliver him to the commissioner or court so that he may be compelled to make proper answers, or such conveyance or delivery, as the case may be or (ii) a rule to show cause why the person summoned should not appear and make proper answer or make conveyance and delivery. If the person in default fails to answer or convey and deliver he may be incarcerated until he makes such answers or conveyance and delivery. Where a capias is issued, the person in default shall be admitted to bail as provided in Article 1 (\u00a7 19.2-119 et seq.) of Chapter 9 of Title 19.2 if he cannot be brought promptly before the commissioner or court in the county or city to which the capias is returnable. Upon making such answers, or such conveyance and delivery, he shall be discharged by the commissioner or the court. He may also be discharged by the court from whose clerk’s office the capias issued in any case where the court is of the opinion that he was improperly committed or is improperly or unlawfully detained in custody. If the person in default appeals the decision of the commissioner or court, he shall be admitted to bail as provided in Article 1 (\u00a7 19.2-119 et seq.) of Chapter 9 of Title 19.2.\n\t\tIf the person held for failure to appear and answer interrogatories is detained in a jurisdiction other than that where the summons is issued, the sheriff in the requesting jurisdiction shall have the duty to transport such person to the place where interrogatories are to be taken.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"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}],"previous_section":{"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},"next_section":{"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},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/8.01-508\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1977, chapter 617; in 1983, chapter 278; in 1985, chapter 290; in 1986, chapter 326; in 1999, chapters 829<\/a> and 846<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"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\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":61367,"section_number":"19.2-119","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-119\/"},{"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":55149,"section_number":"8.01-507","catch_line":"Conveyance or delivery of property disclosed by interrogatories","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-507\/"}],"permalink":{"id":278269,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69965,"identifier":"8.01-508","token":"8.01\/18\/6\/8.01-508","url":"\/8.01-508\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-508\/","token":"8.01\/18\/6\/8.01-508","dublin_core":{"Title":"How debtor may be arrested and held to answer","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-508","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any person<\/span> summoned under \u00a7 8.01-506<\/a> fails to appear and answer, or makes any answers which are deemed by the commissioner or court<\/span> to be evasive, or if, having answered, fails to make such conveyance and delivery as is required by \u00a7 8.01-507<\/a>, the commissioner or court<\/span> shall issue<\/span> (i) a capias<\/span> directed to any sheriff<\/span> requiring such sheriff<\/span> to take the person<\/span> in default<\/span> and deliver him to the commissioner or court<\/span> so that he may be compelled to make proper answers, or such conveyance or delivery, as the case may be or (ii) a rule to show cause why the person<\/span> summoned should not appear and make proper answer or make conveyance and delivery. If the person<\/span> in default<\/span> fails to answer or convey and deliver he may be incarcerated until he makes such answers or conveyance and delivery. Where a capias<\/span> is issued, the person<\/span> in default<\/span> shall be admitted to bail<\/span> as provided in Article 1 (\u00a7 19.2-119<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 9 of Title 19.2 if he cannot be brought promptly before the commissioner or court<\/span> in the county or city to which the capias<\/span> is returnable. Upon making such answers, or such conveyance and delivery, he shall be discharged by the commissioner or the court<\/span>. He may also be discharged by the court<\/span> from whose clerk’s office the capias<\/span> issued in any case where the court<\/span> is of the opinion<\/span> that he was improperly committed or is improperly or unlawfully detained in custody<\/span>. If the person<\/span> in default<\/span> appeals<\/span> the decision of the commissioner or court<\/span>, he shall be admitted to bail<\/span> as provided in Article 1 (\u00a7 19.2-119<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 9 of Title 19.2.\n\t\tIf the person<\/span> held for failure to appear and answer interrogatories<\/span> is detained in a jurisdiction<\/span> other than that where the summons<\/span> is issued, the sheriff<\/span> in the requesting jurisdiction<\/span> shall have the duty to transport such person<\/span> to the place where interrogatories<\/span> are to be taken.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW DEBTOR MAY BE ARRESTED AND HELD TO ANSWER (\u00a7 8.01-508)\n\nIf any person summoned under \u00a7 8.01-506 fails to appear and answer, or makes\nany answers which are deemed by the commissioner or court to be evasive, or if,\nhaving answered, fails to make such conveyance and delivery as is required by \u00a7\n8.01-507, the commissioner or court shall issue (i) a capias directed to any\nsheriff requiring such sheriff to take the person in default and deliver him to\nthe commissioner or court so that he may be compelled to make proper answers, or\nsuch conveyance or delivery, as the case may be or (ii) a rule to show cause why\nthe person summoned should not appear and make proper answer or make conveyance\nand delivery. If the person in default fails to answer or convey and deliver he\nmay be incarcerated until he makes such answers or conveyance and delivery.\nWhere a capias is issued, the person in default shall be admitted to bail as\nprovided in Article 1 (\u00a7 19.2-119 et seq.) of Chapter 9 of Title 19.2 if he\ncannot be brought promptly before the commissioner or court in the county or\ncity to which the capias is returnable. Upon making such answers, or such\nconveyance and delivery, he shall be discharged by the commissioner or the\ncourt. He may also be discharged by the court from whose clerk’s office\nthe capias issued in any case where the court is of the opinion that he was\nimproperly committed or is improperly or unlawfully detained in custody. If the\nperson in default appeals the decision of the commissioner or court, he shall be\nadmitted to bail as provided in Article 1 (\u00a7 19.2-119 et seq.) of Chapter 9 of\nTitle 19.2.\n\t\tIf the person held for failure to appear and answer interrogatories is\ndetained in a jurisdiction other than that where the summons is issued, the\nsheriff in the requesting jurisdiction shall have the duty to transport such\nperson to the place where interrogatories are to be taken.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-438; 1977, c. 617; 1983, c. 278; 1985, c. 290; 1986, c.\n326; 1999, cc. 829, 846.","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}}