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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84819</law_id><section_number>34-6</section_number><catch_line>How exemption of real estate secured; form to claim exemption of real property</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>34-20</reference><reference>34-4.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="34">Homestead and Other Exemptions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2">Homestead Exemption of Householder</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In <span class="dictionary">order</span> to secure the benefit of the <span class="dictionary">exemptions</span> of real estate under &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Exemption created" href="/34-4/">34-4</a> and <a class="law" title="Additional exemption for certain veterans" href="/34-4.1/">34-4.1</a>, the <span class="dictionary">householder</span>, by a writing signed by him and duly admitted to record, to be recorded as deeds are recorded, in the county or city wherein such real estate or any part thereof is located or, if such property is located outside of the Commonwealth, in the county or city in the Commonwealth where the <span class="dictionary">householder</span> resides, shall declare his intention to claim such benefit and select and set apart the real estate to be held by the <span class="dictionary">householder</span> as <span class="dictionary">exempt</span>, and describe the same with reasonable certainty, affixing to the description his cash valuation of the estate so selected and set apart. However, if such real estate is claimed <span class="dictionary">exempt</span> in a case filed under Title 11 of the United States Code, the official Schedule of Property Claimed as <span class="dictionary">Exempt</span> filed in the United States <span class="dictionary">Bankruptcy Court</span> claiming such <span class="dictionary">exemptions</span> shall be sufficient to set apart such property as <span class="dictionary">exempt</span>. <span class="dictionary">Equitable</span> as well as legal estates may be so selected and set apart. The following form, or one which is substantially similar, shall be used and shall be sufficient for the writing required by this section:
		HOMESTEAD DEED FOR REAL PROPERTY
		Name of <span class="dictionary">Householder</span> __________________
		Name of title holder of record (if different)
		__________________
		Is the <span class="dictionary">householder</span> a disabled veteran entitled to claim the additional <span class="dictionary">exemption</span> under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Additional exemption for certain veterans" href="/34-4.1/">34-4.1</a>? ________________
		Address of <span class="dictionary">Householder</span> __________________
		Name(s) and age(s) of dependent(s) __________________
		County/city/state in which real property claimed as <span class="dictionary">exempt</span> is located
		__________________
		__________________
		Description of property claimed as <span class="dictionary">exempt</span>
		__________________
		__________________
		Value of property described above __________________
		Number of homestead deeds that have been filed by the <span class="dictionary">Householder</span>
		__________________
		<span class="dictionary">Exemption</span> amount previously claimed on prior homestead deeds
		__________________
		List the <span class="dictionary">jurisdictions</span> where previous homestead deeds were filed
		__________________
		__________________ (Signature of <span class="dictionary">Householder</span>)
		__________________ [ACKNOWLEDGMENT]
		Such writing or deed shall not be required to secure any <span class="dictionary">exemption</span> under this Code except those <span class="dictionary">exemptions</span> created by &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Exemption created" href="/34-4/">34-4</a> and <a class="law" title="Additional exemption for certain veterans" href="/34-4.1/">34-4.1</a>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 6532; 1990, c. 942; 1993, c. 150; 1998, c. 331; 2008, c. 224; 2019, c. 492; 2020, c. 328.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
