<?xml version="1.0"?>
<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61296</law_id><section_number>8.01-535</section_number><catch_line>Jurisdiction of attachments; trial or hearing of issues</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="20">Attachments and Bail in Civil Cases</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Attachments Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Except as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Civil jurisdiction of general district courts; amending amount of claim" href="/16.1-77/">16.1-77</a> the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of <span class="dictionary">attachments</span> under this chapter shall be in the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">courts</span>. The <span class="dictionary">trial</span> or <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> of the <span class="dictionary">issues</span>, except as otherwise provided, shall be the same, as near as may be, as in <span class="dictionary">actions</span> in personam.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-521; 1954, c. 333; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
