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However, if the claim is for a debt not due and payable, no attachment shall be sued out when the only ground for the attachment is that the defendant or one of the defendants is a foreign corporation, or is not a resident of this Commonwealth, and has estate or debts owing to him within this Commonwealth.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":304377,"text":"If any person has a claim, legal or equitable, to (i) any specific personal property, (ii) any debt, including rent, whether the debt is due and payable or not, (iii) damages for breach of any contract, express or implied, or (iv) damages for a wrong, or for a judgment for which no supersedeas or other appeal bond has been posted, he may sue out an attachment therefor on any one or more of the grounds stated in \u00a7 8.01-534. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1954, chapter 333; in 1977, chapter 617; in 1986, chapter 341; in 1993, chapter 841.<\/p>","references":[{"id":86498,"section_number":"16.1-105","catch_line":"Attachments","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-105\/"},{"id":76128,"section_number":"18.2-331.1","catch_line":"Operation of gambling devices at unregulated locations; civil penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-331.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":76538,"section_number":"8.01-534","catch_line":"Grounds of action for pretrial levy or seizure of attachment","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-534\/"}],"permalink":{"id":278569,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84946,"identifier":"8.01-533","token":"8.01\/20\/1\/8.01-533","url":"\/8.01-533\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-533\/","token":"8.01\/20\/1\/8.01-533","dublin_core":{"Title":"Who may sue out attachment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-533","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any person<\/span> has a claim, legal or equitable<\/span>, to (i) any specific personal property, (ii) any debt, including rent, whether the debt is due and payable or not, (iii) damages<\/span> for breach of any contract<\/span>, express or implied, or (iv) damages<\/span> for a wrong, or for a judgment<\/span> for which no supersedeas or other appeal<\/span> bond<\/span> has been posted, he may sue out an attachment<\/span> therefor on any one or more of the grounds stated in \u00a7 8.01-534<\/a>. However, if the claim is for a debt not due and payable, no attachment<\/span> shall be sued out when the only ground for the attachment<\/span> is that the defendant<\/span> or one of the defendants<\/span> is a foreign corporation, or is not a resident of this Commonwealth, and has estate or debts owing to him within this Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHO MAY SUE OUT ATTACHMENT (\u00a7 8.01-533)\n\nIf any person has a claim, legal or equitable, to (i) any specific personal\nproperty, (ii) any debt, including rent, whether the debt is due and payable or\nnot, (iii) damages for breach of any contract, express or implied, or (iv)\ndamages for a wrong, or for a judgment for which no supersedeas or other appeal\nbond has been posted, he may sue out an attachment therefor on any one or more\nof the grounds stated in \u00a7 8.01-534. However, if the claim is for a debt not\ndue and payable, no attachment shall be sued out when the only ground for the\nattachment is that the defendant or one of the defendants is a foreign\ncorporation, or is not a resident of this Commonwealth, and has estate or debts\nowing to him within this Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-519; 1954, c. 333; 1977, c. 617; 1986, c. 341; 1993, c.\n841.","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}}