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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 377; in 1954, chapter 379; in 1977, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":85697,"section_number":"34-29","catch_line":"Maximum portion of disposable earnings subject to garnishment","order_by":null,"url":"\/34-29\/"},{"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\/"},{"id":57584,"section_number":"8.01-516.1","catch_line":"Garnishment dispositions","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-516.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":278331,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70063,"identifier":"8.01-517","token":"8.01\/18\/7\/8.01-517","url":"\/8.01-517\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-517\/","token":"8.01\/18\/7\/8.01-517","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemption of portion of wages; payment of excess into court","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-517","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 8.01-515<\/a> and 8.01-516.1<\/a>, any employer against whom any garnishment<\/span> is served in connection with an action<\/span> or judgment<\/span> against an employee may pay to such employee when due wages or salary not exceeding the amount exempted by \u00a7 34-29<\/a> unless such exemptions shall have been specifically disallowed by the court<\/span> and shall answer such garnishment<\/span> summons<\/span> by a written statement verified by affidavit<\/span>, showing the amount of wages or salary due on the return date of the garnishment<\/span> summons<\/span> and the amount of wages or salary so exempted, and if there shall be an excess of wages or salary so due over the amount of the exemptions, the employer may pay the amount of such excess into the court<\/span> where the garnishment<\/span> summons<\/span> is returnable, which payment when determined by the court<\/span> to be correct will constitute a discharge of any liability of the employer to the employee for the wages or salary so withheld.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXEMPTION OF PORTION OF WAGES; PAYMENT OF EXCESS INTO COURT (\u00a7 8.01-517)\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 8.01-515 and 8.01-516.1, any employer\nagainst whom any garnishment is served in connection with an action or judgment\nagainst an employee may pay to such employee when due wages or salary not\nexceeding the amount exempted by \u00a7 34-29 unless such exemptions shall have been\nspecifically disallowed by the court and shall answer such garnishment summons\nby a written statement verified by affidavit, showing the amount of wages or\nsalary due on the return date of the garnishment summons and the amount of wages\nor salary so exempted, and if there shall be an excess of wages or salary so due\nover the amount of the exemptions, the employer may pay the amount of such\nexcess into the court where the garnishment summons is returnable, which payment\nwhen determined by the court to be correct will constitute a discharge of any\nliability of the employer to the employee for the wages or salary so withheld.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-445; 1952, c. 377; 1954, c. 379; 1977, c. 617.","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}}