                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LIEN OF SUCH JUDGMENTS (§ 8.01-434)

The clerk shall record in the proper book any judgment confessed under the
provisions of § 8.01-432 and the day and hour when the same was confessed, and
the lien thereof shall attach and be binding from the time such judgment is
recorded on the judgment lien docket of the clerk&#8217;s office of the county
or city in which land of the defendant lies. If the credit was extended for
personal, family or household purposes, the judgment shall not be a lien against
the real estate of the obligor or the basis of obtaining execution against his
personal property until the expiration of the 21-day period allowed the judgment
debtor as set forth in § 8.01-433. In the event the judgment debtor files a
motion or other pleading within such 21-day period, the judgment shall not be a
lien against such real estate or its basis of execution against personal
property until an order to that effect is entered by the court. It will be
presumed that the obligation is for personal, family or household purposes if
the debtor is a natural person, unless the plaintiff or someone on his behalf
makes oath or makes out and files an affidavit that the obligation was not for
such purposes, or the obligation for which judgment is confessed recites that it
is for other purposes.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-358; 1962, c. 388; 1970, c. 395; 1977, c. 617; 1986, c.
523; 2014, c. 330.