Attachments and Bail in Civil Cases

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  4. Attachments and Bail in Civil Cases

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Section
8.01-533

Who may sue out attachment

Section
8.01-534

Grounds of action for pretrial levy or seizure of attachment

Section
8.01-535

Jurisdiction of attachments; trial or hearing of issues

Section
8.01-536

Pleadings in attachment

Section
8.01-537

Petition for attachment; costs, fees and taxes

Section
8.01-537.1

Plaintiff to file bond

Section
8.01-538

Attachment of ships, boats and other vessels of more than twenty tons

Section
8.01-539

Who made defendants

Section
8.01-540

Issuance of attachment; against what attachment to issue

Section
8.01-541

To whom attachments directed; when and where returned

Section
8.01-542

Issue and execution of attachment on any day

Section
8.01-543

Issue of other attachments on original petition

Section
8.01-544

When attachment not served other attachments may issue; order of publication

Section
8.01-545

Amendments; formal defects

Section
8.01-546

What attachment to command; summons

Section
8.01-546.1

Exemption claims form

Section
8.01-546.2

Hearing on claim of exemption from levy or seizure

Section
8.01-547

Attachment against remainders

Section
8.01-548

Who may levy attachment and on what

Section
8.01-549

Restraining order or receiver

Section
8.01-550

How attachment levied

Section
8.01-551

When officer to take possession of property

Section
8.01-552

Repealed

Section
8.01-553

Bonds for retention of property or release of attachment; revising bonds mentioned in this and § 8.01-551

Section
8.01-554

Where bond returned and filed; exceptions to bond

Section
8.01-555

(Effective until January 1, 2022) When appeal bond given property to be delivered to owner

Section
8.01-555

(Effective January 1, 2022) When appeal bond given property to be delivered to owner

Section
8.01-556

Bonds may be given by any person

Section
8.01-557

Lien of attachment; priority of holder in due course

Section
8.01-558

Attachment lien on effects already in hands of officer

Section
8.01-559

Return by officer

Section
8.01-560

How interest and profits of property applied in certain cases

Section
8.01-561

How property to be kept; how sold, when expensive to keep or perishable

Section
8.01-562

Examination on oath of codefendant; order and bond

Section
8.01-563

Principal defendant may claim exemption

Section
8.01-564

Procedure when codefendant fails to appear

Section
8.01-565

Suggestion that codefendant has not made full disclosure

Section
8.01-566

Who may make defense to attachment

Section
8.01-567

What defense may be made to attachments

Section
8.01-568

Quashing attachment or rendering judgment for defendant

Section
8.01-569

When petition dismissed; when retained and cause tried

Section
8.01-570

Judgment, etc., of court when claim of plaintiff established

Section
8.01-571

When defendant not served fails to appear plaintiff required to give bond

Section
8.01-572

Sale of real estate attached

Section
8.01-573

How and when claims of other persons to property tried

Section
8.01-574

Attachments in connection with pending suits or actions

Section
8.01-575

Rehearing permitted when judgment rendered on publication

Section
8.01-576

Order of court on rehearing or new trial; restitution to defendant