                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN EXEMPTION MAY BE SET APART; GARNISHED WAGES (§ 34-17)

A. The real or personal estate that a householder is entitled to hold as exempt
may be set apart at any time before it is subjected by sale under creditor
process or by a trustee in bankruptcy, or, if such creditor process does not
require sale of the property, before it is turned over to the creditor.

B. A claim of homestead exemption to protect garnished wages may be filed by the
debtor after the garnishment summons is served on the employer but prior to or
upon the return date of the garnishment summons and shall be considered by the
garnishing court.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 6543; 1944, p. 489; 1974, c. 272; 1981, c. 580; 1985, c.
521; 1990, c. 942; 2003, c. 1000; 2005, c. 367; 2020, c. 328.