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2007 SESSION
HB 2144 Judgments; establishes procedure for satisfaction thereof in general district court.
Introduced by: Terry G. Kilgore | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
General district court judgments; satisfaction. Establishes a procedure for the satisfaction of judgments in general district court when the judgment creditor cannot be located. The bill provides that a judgment debtor wishing to discharge a judgment pursuant to the provisions of § 8.01-456 when the creditor cannot be located, may docket the general district court judgment in the circuit court having jurisdiction in the same geographic area as the general district court. An Attorney General's Opinion (May 16, 2006) stated that § 8.01-456 applied only to circuit courts. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts. This bill is identical to SB 922.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 070722160 pdf
- 02/21/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2144ER) pdf
- 03/27/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0468) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/09/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 070722160
- 01/09/07 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/07 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
- 01/26/07 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/07 House: Read first time
- 01/31/07 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/01/07 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/07 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/07 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/02/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/07 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/12/07 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/07 Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/07 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/07 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/07 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/07 House: Enrolled
- 02/21/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2144ER)
- 02/21/07 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/07 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/07 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 468 (effective 7/1/07)
- 03/27/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0468)