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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":[{"id":65217,"section_number":"8.01-519","catch_line":"Proceedings where garnishee fails to appear or answer, or to disclose his liability","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-519\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":278713,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59104,"identifier":"8.01-565","token":"8.01\/20\/3\/8.01-565","url":"\/8.01-565\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-565\/","token":"8.01\/20\/3\/8.01-565","dublin_core":{"Title":"Suggestion that codefendant has not made full disclosure","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-565","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When it is suggested by the plaintiff<\/span> in any attachment<\/span> that a codefendant has not fully disclosed the debts owing by him, or effects in his hands belonging to the principal defendant<\/span> in such attachment<\/span>, the court<\/span>, without any formal pleading, shall inquire as to such debts and effects, or, if either party<\/span> demand, it shall cause a jury<\/span> to be impaneled for that purpose, and proceed in respect to any such debts or effects found by the court<\/span> or the jury<\/span> in the same manner as if they had been confessed by such codefendant. If the judgment<\/span> of the court<\/span> or verdict<\/span> of the jury<\/span> be in favor of such codefendant, he shall have judgment<\/span> for his costs against the plaintiff<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUGGESTION THAT CODEFENDANT HAS NOT MADE FULL DISCLOSURE (\u00a7 8.01-565)\n\nWhen it is suggested by the plaintiff in any attachment that a codefendant has\nnot fully disclosed the debts owing by him, or effects in his hands belonging to\nthe principal defendant in such attachment, the court, without any formal\npleading, shall inquire as to such debts and effects, or, if either party\ndemand, it shall cause a jury to be impaneled for that purpose, and proceed in\nrespect to any such debts or effects found by the court or the jury in the same\nmanner as if they had been confessed by such codefendant. If the judgment of the\ncourt or verdict of the jury be in favor of such codefendant, he shall have\njudgment for his costs against the plaintiff.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-553; 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}}