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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 1 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. 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The clerk is required to provide a copy of the <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> or other <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">disposition<\/span> to the <span class=\"dictionary\">garnishee<\/span> only if the <span class=\"dictionary\">garnishment<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">summons<\/span> is dismissed or is modified by the <span class=\"dictionary\">judge<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHEARING ON CLAIM OF EXEMPTION FROM GARNISHMENT (\u00a7 8.01-512.5)\n\nA judgment debtor shall have the right to a hearing on his claim of exemption\nfrom garnishment no later than seven business days from the date that the claim\nis filed with the court.\n\t\tThe clerk shall notify the parties of the date, time and place of the hearing\nand the exemption being claimed. The garnishee shall comply with the garnishment\nsummons unless and until ordered otherwise in writing by the court. The order\nshall take effect upon receipt by the garnishee. The clerk is required to\nprovide a copy of the order or other hearing disposition to the garnishee only\nif the garnishment summons is dismissed or is modified by the judge.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 1.","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}}