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I, c. 489.","full_text":"When judgment in favor of the plaintiff is rendered by a general district court in any case in which an attachment is issued and on appeal therefrom to a circuit court an appeal bond is given, with condition to prosecute the appeal with effect or pay the debt, interest, costs and damages, as well as the costs of the appeal, the officer, in whose custody any attached property is, shall deliver the same to the owner thereof. When an appeal is from a circuit court to the Court of Appeals and an appeal bond is given pursuant to \u00a7 8.01-676.1, the officer having custody shall proceed in like manner.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":218648,"text":"When judgment in favor of the plaintiff is rendered by a general district court in any case in which an attachment is issued and on appeal therefrom to a circuit court an appeal bond is given, with condition to prosecute the appeal with effect or pay the debt, interest, costs and damages, as well as the costs of the appeal, the officer, in whose custody any attached property is, shall deliver the same to the owner thereof. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1977, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54488,"section_number":"8.01-676.1","catch_line":"Security for appeal","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-676.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":278671,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59702,"identifier":"8.01-555","token":"8.01\/20\/2\/8.01-555","url":"\/8.01-555\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-555\/","token":"8.01\/20\/2\/8.01-555","dublin_core":{"Title":"When appeal bond given property to be delivered to owner","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-555","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When judgment<\/span> in favor of the plaintiff<\/span> is rendered by a general district court<\/span> in any case in which an attachment<\/span> is issued and on appeal<\/span> therefrom to a circuit<\/span> court<\/span> an appeal<\/span> bond<\/span> is given, with condition to prosecute<\/span> the appeal<\/span> with effect or pay the debt, interest, costs and damages<\/span>, as well as the costs of the appeal<\/span>, the officer, in whose custody<\/span> any attached property is, shall deliver the same to the owner thereof. When an appeal<\/span> is from a circuit<\/span> court<\/span> to the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> and an appeal<\/span> bond<\/span> is given pursuant to \u00a7 8.01-676.1<\/a>, the officer having custody<\/span> shall proceed in like manner.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN APPEAL BOND GIVEN PROPERTY TO BE DELIVERED TO OWNER (\u00a7 8.01-555)\n\nWhen judgment in favor of the plaintiff is rendered by a general district court\nin any case in which an attachment is issued and on appeal therefrom to a\ncircuit court an appeal bond is given, with condition to prosecute the appeal\nwith effect or pay the debt, interest, costs and damages, as well as the costs\nof the appeal, the officer, in whose custody any attached property is, shall\ndeliver the same to the owner thereof. When an appeal is from a circuit court to\nthe Court of Appeals and an appeal bond is given pursuant to \u00a7 8.01-676.1, the\nofficer having custody shall proceed in like manner.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-543; 1977, c. 617; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 489.","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}}