                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

JUDGMENT, WHEN SATISFIED, TO BE SO NOTED BY CREDITOR (§ 8.01-454)

In all cases in which satisfaction of any judgment so docketed is made, which is
not required to be certified to the clerk under § 8.01-455, it shall be the
duty of the judgment creditor, himself, or by his agent or attorney, to cause
such satisfaction by the defendant, and if there is more than one defendant, by
which defendant it was satisfied, to be entered within 30 days after the same is
made, on such judgment docket. If the judgment has not been docketed, then the
entry shall be made on the execution book in the office of the clerk from which
the execution issued. For any failure to do so within 90 days, or after 10
days&#8217; notice to do so by the judgment debtor or his agent or attorney, the
judgment creditor shall be liable to a fine of $100 and shall pay the filing
cost of the release. The entry of satisfaction shall be signed by the creditor
or his duly authorized attorney or other agent and be attested by the clerk in
whose office the judgment is docketed, or when not docketed, by the clerk from
whose office the execution issued; however, the cost of the release shall be
paid by the judgment debtor. For any money judgment marked as satisfied pursuant
to this section, nothing herein shall satisfy an unexecuted order of possession
entered pursuant to § 8.01-126, provided that (i) the time period for issuing
writs of eviction in unlawful entry and detainer provided by § 8.01-471 has not
lapsed and (ii) the defendant has not exercised his right of redemption in
accordance with § 55.1-1250.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-382; 1977, c. 617; 1988, c. 420; 2014, c. 274; 2015,
cc. 547, 553, 631; 2024, c. 268.