Lien and Enforcement Thereof

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This is Article 7 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Lien and Enforcement Thereof.” It is part of Chapter 17 “Judgments and Decrees Generally”, which is part of Title 8.01 “Civil Remedies and Procedure”. It contains 8 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 8 sections.

§ 8.01-458	From what time judgment to be a lien on real estate; docketing revived judgment
§ 8.01-459	Priority of judgments
§ 8.01-460	Decree for support and maintenance of spouse or infant children of parties as lien on real estate
§ 8.01-461	Abstracts of judgments
§ 8.01-462	Jurisdiction of equity to enforce lien of judgment; when it may decree sale
§ 8.01-463	Enforcement of lien when judgment does not exceed $25,000
§ 8.01-464	Order of liability between alienees of different parts of estate
§ 8.01-465	Chapter embraces recognizances and bonds having force of judgment