                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN OFFICER TO TAKE POSSESSION OF PROPERTY (§ 8.01-551)

If so requested by the plaintiff in his petition, the officer to whom the
attachment is directed shall take possession of the property specified in the
attachment, or when no such property is specified, of any estate or effects of
the defendant, or so much thereof as is sufficient to pay the plaintiff&#8217;s
claim. But the officer levying the attachment shall, before taking possession of
any property as aforesaid, make his certificate of the estimated fair market
value of the property on which the attachment is levied, and he shall not take
possession of the same unless and until bond in conformance with § 8.01-537.1
based on the estimated fair market value of the property as so stated in his
certificate is posted. The certificate shall be filed in the clerk&#8217;s
office of the court to which the attachment is returnable and the value so
certified shall be subject to review by the court to which the attachment is
returnable.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-538; 1973, c. 545; 1977, c. 617; 1984, c. 646; 1993, c.
841.