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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62291</law_id><section_number>8.01-541</section_number><catch_line>To whom attachments directed; when and where returned</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.01-114</reference><reference>8.01-540</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="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>Any <span class="dictionary">attachment</span> issued under this chapter may be directed to the <span class="dictionary">sheriff</span> of any county or city. Except when otherwise provided, it shall be returnable to the office of the <span class="dictionary">clerk of court</span> wherein the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> has been filed not more than thirty days from its date of issuance.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-527; 1954, c. 333; 1977, c. 617; 1993, c. 841.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
