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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":65526,"section_number":"8.01-550","catch_line":"How attachment levied","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-550\/"}],"permalink":{"id":278679,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69262,"identifier":"8.01-557","token":"8.01\/20\/2\/8.01-557","url":"\/8.01-557\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-557\/","token":"8.01\/20\/2\/8.01-557","dublin_core":{"Title":"Lien of attachment; priority of holder in due course","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-557","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The plaintiff<\/span> shall have a lien<\/span> from the time of the levying of such attachment<\/span>, or serving a copy thereof as aforesaid, upon the personal property of the principal defendant<\/span>, when the same is in his possession<\/span>, actual or constructive, and upon the personal property, choses in action<\/span>, and other securities of such defendant<\/span> in the hands of, or owing by a codefendant on whom it is so served; and on any real estate mentioned in such an endorsement by the officer on the attachment<\/span> or summons<\/span> as is prescribed by \u00a7 8.01-550<\/a>, from the time of levy<\/span> and service pursuant to such section. But a holder in due course of negotiable paper shall have priority over an attachment<\/span> levied thereon.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIEN OF ATTACHMENT; PRIORITY OF HOLDER IN DUE COURSE (\u00a7 8.01-557)\n\nThe plaintiff shall have a lien from the time of the levying of such attachment,\nor serving a copy thereof as aforesaid, upon the personal property of the\nprincipal defendant, when the same is in his possession, actual or constructive,\nand upon the personal property, choses in action, and other securities of such\ndefendant in the hands of, or owing by a codefendant on whom it is so served;\nand on any real estate mentioned in such an endorsement by the officer on the\nattachment or summons as is prescribed by \u00a7 8.01-550, from the time of levy and\nservice pursuant to such section. But a holder in due course of negotiable paper\nshall have priority over an attachment levied thereon.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-545; 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}}