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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80146</law_id><section_number>8.01-567</section_number><catch_line>What defense may be made to attachments</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="3">Subsequent Proceedings Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">party in interest</span> may show that the <span class="dictionary">court</span> is without <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> to hear and determine the controversy.
		The principal <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>, if not served with process, may appear specially and show that the <span class="dictionary">attachment</span> was issued on false suggestion or without sufficient cause, in which event the <span class="dictionary">attachment</span> shall be quashed.
		Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> claiming title to, an interest in, or a <span class="dictionary">lien</span> upon the property attached, or any part thereof, after being admitted as a party <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>, if not already a <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>, and the principal <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>, may contest the liability of the principal <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> for the <span class="dictionary">plaintiff</span>&#x2019;s claim, in whole or in part, by proof of any manner which would constitute a good defense by the principal <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> to an <span class="dictionary">action</span> at <span class="dictionary">law</span> on such claim, and may also show that the <span class="dictionary">attachment</span> was not issued on any of the grounds set forth in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Grounds of action for pretrial levy or seizure of attachment" href="/8.01-534/">8.01-534</a>, or that the <span class="dictionary">plaintiff</span> is not likely to succeed on the merits of his underlying claim. The principal <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> may also file <span class="dictionary">counterclaims</span> or defenses available under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Pleading recoupment" href="/8.01-422/">8.01-422</a> as in an <span class="dictionary">action</span> at <span class="dictionary">law</span>.
		Other <span class="dictionary">defendants</span> shall be limited to defenses personal to themselves, or which may prevent a liability upon them or their property.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-555; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
