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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71461</law_id><section_number>8.01-520</section_number><catch_line>Payment, etc., by garnishee before return of summons</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>Any <span class="dictionary">person</span>, summoned under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Institution of garnishment proceedings" href="/8.01-511/">8.01-511</a>, before the return day of the <span class="dictionary">summons</span>, may pay what he is liable for to the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> issuing the <span class="dictionary">summons</span> and such clerk shall give a receipt, upon request, for what is so paid.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-448; 1977, c. 617; 1983, c. 399.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
