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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71253</law_id><section_number>8.01-454</section_number><catch_line>Judgment, when satisfied, to be so noted by creditor</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-339</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="17">Judgments and Decrees Generally</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Satisfaction</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In all cases in which satisfaction of any judgment so docketed is made, which is not required to be certified to the clerk under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Court, on motion of defendant, etc., may have payment of judgment entered" href="/8.01-455/">8.01-455</a>, it shall be the duty of the <span class="dictionary">judgment creditor</span>, himself, or by his agent or attorney, to cause such satisfaction by the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>, and if there is more than one <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>, by which <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> it was satisfied, to be entered within 30 days after the same is made, on such judgment <span class="dictionary">docket</span>. If the judgment has not been docketed, then the entry shall be made on the execution book in the office of the clerk from which the execution issued. For any failure to do so within 90 days, or after 10 days&#x2019; notice to do so by the <span class="dictionary">judgment debtor</span> or his agent or attorney, the <span class="dictionary">judgment creditor</span> shall be liable to a fine of $100 and shall pay the filing cost of the release. The entry of satisfaction shall be signed by the creditor or his duly authorized attorney or other agent and be attested by the clerk in whose office the judgment is docketed, or when not docketed, by the clerk from whose office the execution issued; however, the cost of the release shall be paid by the <span class="dictionary">judgment debtor</span>. For any money judgment marked as satisfied pursuant to this section, nothing herein shall satisfy an unexecuted <span class="dictionary">order</span> of <span class="dictionary">possession</span> entered pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Summons for unlawful detainer issued by magistrate or clerk or judge of a general district court" href="/8.01-126/">8.01-126</a>, provided that (i) the time period for issuing <span class="dictionary">writs</span> of eviction in unlawful entry and detainer provided by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Time period for issuing writs of eviction in unlawful entry and detainer; when returnable" href="/8.01-471/">8.01-471</a> has not lapsed and (ii) the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> has not exercised his right of <span class="dictionary">redemption</span> in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation; tenant's right of redemption" href="/55.1-1250/">55.1-1250</a>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-382; 1977, c. 617; 1988, c. 420; 2014, c. 274; 2015, cc. 547, 553, 631; 2024, c. 268.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
