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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80308</law_id><section_number>8.01-512.5</section_number><catch_line>Hearing on claim of exemption from garnishment</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="18">Executions and Other Means of Recovery</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7">Garnishment</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">judgment debtor</span> shall have the right to a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> on his claim of exemption from <span class="dictionary">garnishment</span> no later than seven business days from the date that the claim is filed with the <span class="dictionary">court</span>.
		The clerk shall notify the parties of the date, time and place of the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> and the exemption being claimed. The <span class="dictionary">garnishee</span> shall comply with the <span class="dictionary">garnishment</span> <span class="dictionary">summons</span> unless and until ordered otherwise in writing by the <span class="dictionary">court</span>. The <span class="dictionary">order</span> shall take effect upon receipt by the <span class="dictionary">garnishee</span>. The clerk is required to provide a copy of the <span class="dictionary">order</span> or other <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> to the <span class="dictionary">garnishee</span> only if the <span class="dictionary">garnishment</span> <span class="dictionary">summons</span> is dismissed or is modified by the <span class="dictionary">judge</span>.</p></section></text><history>1984, c. 1.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
