                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

JUDGMENT TO BE NOTED ON PAPERS; FORMAL ORDERS MAY BE ENTERED (§ 16.1-94)

Whenever a judgment is rendered in a court not of record the judgment shall be
entered on the warrant, motion for judgment, counterclaim, cross-claim or other
pleading and signed by the judge, or the signature of the judge may be affixed
by a facsimile stamp, in which event the judge shall initial a notation of the
judgment made on the warrant or other paper. If the action is on a note, bond or
other written obligation, the date and amount of the judgment rendered shall be
noted thereon, to which notation the judge or clerk shall affix his name or his
initials. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the judge from
entering a formal order in any case in which he deems such order to be
appropriate, including but not limited to settlement and installment orders
endorsed by counsel, or to affect the validity of any formal order so entered.
If such action is on a lease for the recovery of rent or possession of property
this section shall not operate to require marking of such lease unless the judge
deems such marking necessary.

HISTORY: 1956, c. 555; 1962, c. 361; 2004, c. 341.