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This hearing may be combined with a hearing pursuant to \u00a7 8.01-119 or \u00a7 8.01-568 or with a trial on the merits if held within the ten-business day limitation.\n\t\tThe clerk shall notify the parties and the sheriff of the date, time and place of hearing and the exemption being claimed. The court may stay the sale pending this hearing by interlocutory order. The sheriff shall comply with the writ unless and until ordered otherwise in writing by the court. The order shall take effect upon receipt by the sheriff. The clerk is required to provide a copy of the order or the hearing disposition to the sheriff only if the writ or levy is dismissed or is modified by the judge. The court shall release all exempt property from the judgment creditor’s lien and order the sheriff to return such exempt property to the judgment debtor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":253968,"text":"A judgment debtor shall have the right to a hearing on his claim of exemption from levy or seizure. 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This law was first created in 1986. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 341 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 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":76199,"section_number":"8.01-114","catch_line":"When property to be taken by officer; summary of evidence, affidavits and report to be filed","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-114\/"},{"id":77279,"section_number":"8.01-119","catch_line":"Hearing to review issuance of order or process under \u00a7 8.01-114 or to consider request for such order or process","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-119\/"},{"id":73716,"section_number":"8.01-130.4","catch_line":"When and by whom distress made","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-130.4\/"},{"id":60827,"section_number":"8.01-130.8","catch_line":"Review of decision to issue ex parte order or process; claim of exemption","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-130.8\/"},{"id":72198,"section_number":"8.01-477.1","catch_line":"Claims of exemption from execution","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-477.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":77279,"section_number":"8.01-119","catch_line":"Hearing to review issuance of order or process under \u00a7 8.01-114 or to consider request for such order or process","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-119\/"},{"id":60732,"section_number":"8.01-568","catch_line":"Quashing attachment or rendering judgment for defendant","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-568\/"}],"permalink":{"id":278635,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70354,"identifier":"8.01-546.2","token":"8.01\/20\/2\/8.01-546.2","url":"\/8.01-546.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-546.2\/","token":"8.01\/20\/2\/8.01-546.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Hearing on claim of exemption from levy or seizure","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-546.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A judgment debtor<\/span> shall have the right to a hearing<\/span> on his claim of exemption from levy<\/span> or seizure. If a defendant<\/span> files a request for a hearing<\/span>, the clerk shall (i) schedule a hearing<\/span> no later than ten business days from the date that the request is filed with the court<\/span>, and (ii) notify the parties of the date, time and place of hearing<\/span> and the exemption being claimed. This hearing<\/span> may be combined with a hearing<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 8.01-119<\/a> or \u00a7 8.01-568<\/a> or with a trial<\/span> on the merits if held within the ten-business day limitation.\n\t\tThe clerk shall notify the parties and the sheriff<\/span> of the date, time and place of hearing<\/span> and the exemption being claimed. The court<\/span> may stay<\/span> the sale pending this hearing<\/span> by interlocutory order<\/span>. The sheriff<\/span> shall comply with the writ<\/span> unless and until ordered otherwise in writing by the court<\/span>. The order shall take effect upon receipt by the sheriff<\/span>. The clerk is required to provide a copy of the order or the hearing<\/span> disposition<\/span> to the sheriff<\/span> only if the writ<\/span> or levy<\/span> is dismissed or is modified by the judge<\/span>. The court<\/span> shall release all exempt property from the judgment creditor<\/span>’s lien<\/span> and order the sheriff<\/span> to return such exempt property to the judgment debtor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHEARING ON CLAIM OF EXEMPTION FROM LEVY OR SEIZURE (\u00a7 8.01-546.2)\n\nA judgment debtor shall have the right to a hearing on his claim of exemption\nfrom levy or seizure. If a defendant files a request for a hearing, the clerk\nshall (i) schedule a hearing no later than ten business days from the date that\nthe request is filed with the court, and (ii) notify the parties of the date,\ntime and place of hearing and the exemption being claimed. This hearing may be\ncombined with a hearing pursuant to \u00a7 8.01-119 or \u00a7 8.01-568 or with a trial\non the merits if held within the ten-business day limitation.\n\t\tThe clerk shall notify the parties and the sheriff of the date, time and place\nof hearing and the exemption being claimed. The court may stay the sale pending\nthis hearing by interlocutory order. The sheriff shall comply with the writ\nunless and until ordered otherwise in writing by the court. The order shall take\neffect upon receipt by the sheriff. The clerk is required to provide a copy of\nthe order or the hearing disposition to the sheriff only if the writ or levy is\ndismissed or is modified by the judge. The court shall release all exempt\nproperty from the judgment creditor’s lien and order the sheriff to return\nsuch exempt property to the judgment debtor.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 341.","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}}