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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84996</law_id><section_number>8.01-543</section_number><catch_line>Issue of other attachments on original petition</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>Upon the written application of the <span class="dictionary">plaintiff</span>, his agent or attorney, other <span class="dictionary">attachments</span> founded on the original <span class="dictionary">petition</span> may be issued from time to time by the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> in which the original <span class="dictionary">attachment</span> is pending, and the same may be directed, executed, and returned in like manner as an original <span class="dictionary">attachment</span>. However, the clerk shall not <span class="dictionary">issue</span> an <span class="dictionary">attachment</span> where new or additional grounds of <span class="dictionary">attachment</span> are relied upon or where any ship, boat or vessel of more than twenty tons is sought to be attached.
		If new or additional grounds of <span class="dictionary">attachment</span> are relied on, the <span class="dictionary">plaintiff</span> may <span class="dictionary">amend</span> his <span class="dictionary">petition</span> in accordance with Rule of <span class="dictionary">Court</span> 1:8 according to the <span class="dictionary">facts</span> and swear to the same. Except as otherwise provided in this section, an additional <span class="dictionary">attachment</span> as prayed for shall be issued by a <span class="dictionary">judge</span> or <span class="dictionary">magistrate</span> only upon his determination that (i) there is reasonable cause to believe that the grounds for <span class="dictionary">attachment</span> may exist and (ii) that the amended <span class="dictionary">petition</span> complies with &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Grounds of action for pretrial levy or seizure of attachment" href="/8.01-534/">8.01-534</a> and <a class="law" title="Petition for attachment; costs, fees and taxes" href="/8.01-537/">8.01-537</a>. Where any ship, boat, or other vessel of more than twenty tons is sought to be attached, a <span class="dictionary">judge</span> or <span class="dictionary">magistrate</span> shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> the additional <span class="dictionary">attachment</span> only on his determination that &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Attachment of ships, boats and other vessels of more than twenty tons" href="/8.01-538/">8.01-538</a> has been complied with. The cause shall proceed, under the provisions of this chapter, upon the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> as amended.
		The <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall adjudge the costs of such <span class="dictionary">attachments</span> as it deems proper.
		The following, or its equivalent, shall be a sufficient form of application for an additional <span class="dictionary">attachment</span>:
		To A.B., clerk of the __________ <span class="dictionary">court</span> of __________ county (or city): In the case of __________ v. __________, on an <span class="dictionary">attachment</span>, an additional <span class="dictionary">attachment</span> and <span class="dictionary">summons</span> is requested to be issued against __________ X.Y. (or X.Y. by H., attorney or agent, as the case may be).</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-530; 1977, c. 617; 1984, c. 646.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
