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CHAPTER 443 An Act to amend and reenact § 8.01-487 of the Code of Virginia, relating to writ of fieri facias; endorsement by officer. [H 1888] Approved March 27, 2009

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 8.01-487 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 8.01-487. Officer to endorse on fieri facias time of receiving it.

Every officer shall endorse on each writ of fieri facias the date and time he receives the same and also when he levies upon tangible personal property of the debtor. If he fail to do so, the judgment creditor may, by motion, recover against him and his sureties, jointly and severally, in the court in which the judgment was rendered, a sum not exceeding fifteen percent upon the amount of the execution.