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Should a garnishee fail to comply with the order within thirty days after service of such order on the garnishee, then judgment may be entered against the garnishee.B\n\nUpon certification by the judgment creditor, its bona fide employee, or its attorney that its claim has been satisfied or that it desires its action against the garnishee to be dismissed for any other reason, the court, or clerk thereof, where the action has been filed, shall, by written order, which may be served by the sheriff, notify the garnishee to cease withholding assets of the judgment debtor, and to treat any funds previously withheld as if the original garnishment action had not been filed. The court in which the garnishment action was filed shall then dismiss the action on or before the return date.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":210992,"text":"If the amount of liability is not disputed and the garnishee admits liability to the court either by (i) examination on the return date of the summons, or (ii) written statement as provided by § 8.01-515 on or before the return date of the summons, the court shall order the delivery of such estate or payment of the value of such estate into court without entering judgment against the garnishee. 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This law was first created in 1983. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 399 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 1983 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1993, chapter 385.<\/p>","references":[{"id":70063,"section_number":"8.01-517","catch_line":"Exemption of portion of wages; payment of excess into court","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-517\/"},{"id":74699,"section_number":"8.01-521","catch_line":"Judgments as to costs","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-521\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":71389,"section_number":"8.01-515","catch_line":"How garnishee examined; determining exemption from employee's withholding certificate; amount due pursuant to exemptions in \u00a7 34-29 (a)","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-515\/"}],"permalink":{"id":278327,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57584,"identifier":"8.01-516.1","token":"8.01\/18\/7\/8.01-516.1","url":"\/8.01-516.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-516.1\/","token":"8.01\/18\/7\/8.01-516.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Garnishment dispositions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-516.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> If the amount of liability is not disputed and the garnishee<\/span> admits liability to the court<\/span> either by (i) examination on the return date of the summons<\/span>, or (ii) written statement as provided by § 8.01-515<\/a> on or before the return date of the summons<\/span>, the court<\/span> shall order<\/span> the delivery of such estate or payment of the value of such estate into court<\/span> without entering judgment<\/span> against the garnishee<\/span>. Should a garnishee<\/span> fail to comply with the order<\/span> within thirty days after service of such order<\/span> on the garnishee<\/span>, then judgment<\/span> may be entered against the garnishee<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Upon certification by the judgment creditor<\/span>, its bona fide employee, or its attorney that its claim has been satisfied or that it desires its action<\/span> against the garnishee<\/span> to be dismissed for any other reason, the court<\/span>, or clerk thereof, where the action<\/span> has been filed, shall, by written order<\/span>, which may be served by the sheriff<\/span>, notify the garnishee<\/span> to cease withholding assets<\/span> of the judgment debtor<\/span>, and to treat any funds previously withheld as if the original garnishment<\/span> action<\/span> had not been filed. The court<\/span> in which the garnishment<\/span> action<\/span> was filed shall then dismiss the action<\/span> on or before the return date. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGARNISHMENT DISPOSITIONS (\u00a7 8.01-516.1)\n\nA. If the amount of liability is not disputed and the garnishee admits liability\nto the court either by (i) examination on the return date of the summons, or\n(ii) written statement as provided by § 8.01-515 on or before the return\ndate of the summons, the court shall order the delivery of such estate or\npayment of the value of such estate into court without entering judgment against\nthe garnishee. Should a garnishee fail to comply with the order within thirty\ndays after service of such order on the garnishee, then judgment may be entered\nagainst the garnishee.\n\nB. Upon certification by the judgment creditor, its bona fide employee, or its\nattorney that its claim has been satisfied or that it desires its action against\nthe garnishee to be dismissed for any other reason, the court, or clerk thereof,\nwhere the action has been filed, shall, by written order, which may be served by\nthe sheriff, notify the garnishee to cease withholding assets of the judgment\ndebtor, and to treat any funds previously withheld as if the original\ngarnishment action had not been filed. The court in which the garnishment action\nwas filed shall then dismiss the action on or before the return date.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 399; 1993, c. 385.","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}}