Homestead Exemption of Householder

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This is Chapter 2 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Homestead Exemption of Householder.” It is part of Title 34 “Homestead and Other Exemptions”.

It’s comprised of the following 21 sections.

§ 34-10	Repealed
§ 34-13	Householder may set apart exemption in personal estate
§ 34-14	How set apart in personal estate; form to claim exemption of personal property
§ 34-15	Repealed
§ 34-17	When exemption may be set apart; garnished wages
§ 34-18	Rents and profits exempt; increase in value of estate set apart
§ 34-19	How excess in value set apart subjected to debts
§ 34-20	Proceeds of sale of estate exempt; how evidenced
§ 34-21	When householder's right to exemption is exhausted
§ 34-22	Waiver of exemption; its effect; form of waiver
§ 34-23	How claim enforced when exemption waived, etc
§ 34-24	When the exemption ceases; lien of judgment or decree against householder
§ 34-25	When homestead waived judgments and executions to so state
§ 34-4	Exemption created
§ 34-4.1	Additional exemption for certain veterans
§ 34-4.2	Additional exemption for parents of dependent children
§ 34-5	To what debts exemptions shall not apply
§ 34-6	How exemption of real estate secured; form to claim exemption of real property
§ 34-7	Real estate, subject to encumbrances, may be set apart; if sold, how surplus disposed of
§ 34-8	Partition or sale of real estate held as exempt by joint tenant, etc
§ 34-9	How real estate set apart as exempt may be encumbered or aliened