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2014 SESSION
14101689DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 8.01-454 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 8.01-454. Judgment, when paid, to be so noted by creditor.
In all cases in which payment or 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 payment or satisfaction by the defendant,
whether in whole or in part, and if there is more than one defendant, by which
defendant it was paid or discharged, to be entered within thirty 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, after ten days' notice to do so by the judgment debtor, his agent or
attorney, the judgment creditor shall be liable to a fine of up to fifty
dollars. The entry of payment or satisfaction shall be
signed by the creditor, 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 failure of a judgment creditor to cause such payment or satisfaction by the
defendant to be entered within 90
days after the same is made, or after 10 days'
notice to do so by the judgment debtor,
the judgment creditor shall be
liable to a fine of $100 and shall pay the cost of the
release.