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Whenever the salary or wages of such employees as above mentioned shall be garnished under this section, the process shall be such as is usual in other cases of garnishment and shall be served on the judgment debtor and on the officer or supervisor who is head of the department, agency, or institution where the employee is employed, or other officer through whom the judgment debtor’s salary or wages is paid, provided that process shall not be served upon the State Treasurer or the State Comptroller except as to employees of their respective departments, and upon such service the officer or supervisor shall, on or before the return day of process, transmit to the clerk of the court issuing the process a certificate showing the amount due from the Commonwealth to such judgment debtor, up to the return day of the process, which amount the officer or supervisor shall hold subject to order of the court issuing the process. Such certificate shall be evidence of all facts therein stated, unless the court direct that the deposition of the officer or supervisor, or such other officer through whom the judgment debtor’s salary or wages be paid, be taken, in which event the deposition of the officer or supervisor shall be taken in his office and returned to the clerk of the court in which the garnishment is, just as other depositions are returned, and in no such case shall the officer or supervisor be required to leave his office to testify. In all proceedings under this section, if the judgment be for the plaintiff, the amount found to be due the judgment debtor by the Commonwealth shall be paid as directed by the court.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":231306,"text":"Unless otherwise exempted, the wages and salaries of all employees of this Commonwealth, other than State officers, shall be subject to garnishment or execution upon any judgment rendered against them. Whenever the salary or wages of such employees as above mentioned shall be garnished under this section, the process shall be such as is usual in other cases of garnishment and shall be served on the judgment debtor and on the officer or supervisor who is head of the department, agency, or institution where the employee is employed, or other officer through whom the judgment debtor’s salary or wages is paid, provided that process shall not be served upon the State Treasurer or the State Comptroller except as to employees of their respective departments, and upon such service the officer or supervisor shall, on or before the return day of process, transmit to the clerk of the court issuing the process a certificate showing the amount due from the Commonwealth to such judgment debtor, up to the return day of the process, which amount the officer or supervisor shall hold subject to order of the court issuing the process. Such certificate shall be evidence of all facts therein stated, unless the court direct that the deposition of the officer or supervisor, or such other officer through whom the judgment debtor’s salary or wages be paid, be taken, in which event the deposition of the officer or supervisor shall be taken in his office and returned to the clerk of the court in which the garnishment is, just as other depositions are returned, and in no such case shall the officer or supervisor be required to leave his office to testify. In all proceedings under this section, if the judgment be for the plaintiff, the amount found to be due the judgment debtor by the Commonwealth shall be paid as directed by the court.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15114,"edition_id":1,"name":"Garnishment","identifier":"7","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13222,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:52:14","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:52:14","permalink":{"id":278281,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15114,"identifier":"7","token":"8.01\/18\/7","url":"\/8.01\/18\/7\/","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":72009,"structure_id":15114,"section_number":"8.01-511","catch_line":"Institution of garnishment proceedings","url":"\/8.01-511\/","token":"8.01\/18\/7\/8.01-511","metadata":false},{"id":75941,"structure_id":15114,"section_number":"8.01-511.1","catch_line":"Garnishee inability to determine whether it holds property of judgment debtor","url":"\/8.01-511.1\/","token":"8.01\/18\/7\/8.01-511.1","metadata":false},{"id":61712,"structure_id":15114,"section_number":"8.01-512","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/8.01-512\/","token":"8.01\/18\/7\/8.01-512","metadata":false},{"id":58313,"structure_id":15114,"section_number":"8.01-512.2","catch_line":"Fee for garnishee-employers","url":"\/8.01-512.2\/","token":"8.01\/18\/7\/8.01-512.2","metadata":false},{"id":75403,"structure_id":15114,"section_number":"8.01-512.3","catch_line":"Form of garnishment summons","url":"\/8.01-512.3\/","token":"8.01\/18\/7\/8.01-512.3","metadata":false},{"id":68014,"structure_id":15114,"section_number":"8.01-512.4","catch_line":"Notice of exemptions from garnishment and lien","url":"\/8.01-512.4\/","token":"8.01\/18\/7\/8.01-512.4","metadata":false},{"id":80308,"structure_id":15114,"section_number":"8.01-512.5","catch_line":"Hearing on claim of exemption from garnishment","url":"\/8.01-512.5\/","token":"8.01\/18\/7\/8.01-512.5","metadata":false},{"id":71819,"structure_id":15114,"section_number":"8.01-513","catch_line":"Service upon corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, or financial institution","url":"\/8.01-513\/","token":"8.01\/18\/7\/8.01-513","metadata":false},{"id":58918,"structure_id":15114,"section_number":"8.01-514","catch_line":"When garnishment summons returnable","url":"\/8.01-514\/","token":"8.01\/18\/7\/8.01-514","metadata":false},{"id":71389,"structure_id":15114,"section_number":"8.01-515","catch_line":"How garnishee examined; 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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 1958, chapter 430; in 1973, chapter 236; in 1977, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":278351,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63492,"identifier":"8.01-522","token":"8.01\/18\/7\/8.01-522","url":"\/8.01-522\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-522\/","token":"8.01\/18\/7\/8.01-522","dublin_core":{"Title":"Wages and salaries of State employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-522","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Unless otherwise exempted, the wages and salaries of all employees of this Commonwealth, other than State officers, shall be subject to garnishment<\/span> or execution upon any judgment rendered against them. Whenever the salary or wages of such employees as above mentioned shall be garnished under this section, the process shall be such as is usual in other cases of garnishment<\/span> and shall be served on the judgment debtor<\/span> and on the officer or supervisor who is head of the department, agency, or institution where the employee is employed, or other officer through whom the judgment debtor<\/span>’s salary or wages is paid, provided that process shall not be served upon the State Treasurer or the State Comptroller except as to employees of their respective departments, and upon such service the officer or supervisor shall, on or before the return day of process, transmit to the clerk of the court<\/span> issuing the process a certificate showing the amount due from the Commonwealth to such judgment debtor<\/span>, up to the return day of the process, which amount the officer or supervisor shall hold subject to order<\/span> of the court<\/span> issuing the process. Such certificate shall be evidence<\/span> of all facts<\/span> therein stated, unless the court<\/span> direct that the deposition<\/span> of the officer or supervisor, or such other officer through whom the judgment debtor<\/span>’s salary or wages be paid, be taken, in which event the deposition<\/span> of the officer or supervisor shall be taken in his office and returned to the clerk of the court<\/span> in which the garnishment<\/span> is, just as other depositions<\/span> are returned, and in no such case shall the officer or supervisor be required to leave his office to testify. In all proceedings under this section, if the judgment be for the plaintiff<\/span>, the amount found to be due the judgment debtor<\/span> by the Commonwealth shall be paid as directed by the court<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWAGES AND SALARIES OF STATE EMPLOYEES (\u00a7 8.01-522)\n\nUnless otherwise exempted, the wages and salaries of all employees of this\nCommonwealth, other than State officers, shall be subject to garnishment or\nexecution upon any judgment rendered against them. Whenever the salary or wages\nof such employees as above mentioned shall be garnished under this section, the\nprocess shall be such as is usual in other cases of garnishment and shall be\nserved on the judgment debtor and on the officer or supervisor who is head of\nthe department, agency, or institution where the employee is employed, or other\nofficer through whom the judgment debtor’s salary or wages is paid,\nprovided that process shall not be served upon the State Treasurer or the State\nComptroller except as to employees of their respective departments, and upon\nsuch service the officer or supervisor shall, on or before the return day of\nprocess, transmit to the clerk of the court issuing the process a certificate\nshowing the amount due from the Commonwealth to such judgment debtor, up to the\nreturn day of the process, which amount the officer or supervisor shall hold\nsubject to order of the court issuing the process. Such certificate shall be\nevidence of all facts therein stated, unless the court direct that the\ndeposition of the officer or supervisor, or such other officer through whom the\njudgment debtor’s salary or wages be paid, be taken, in which event the\ndeposition of the officer or supervisor shall be taken in his office and\nreturned to the clerk of the court in which the garnishment is, just as other\ndepositions are returned, and in no such case shall the officer or supervisor be\nrequired to leave his office to testify. In all proceedings under this section,\nif the judgment be for the plaintiff, the amount found to be due the judgment\ndebtor by the Commonwealth shall be paid as directed by the court.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-449.1; 1958, c. 430; 1973, c. 236; 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}}