CODE OF VIRGINIA

PENALTY FOR SERVICE OF NOTICE OF LIEN WHEN NO JUDGMENT EXISTS (§ 8.01-504)

Whoever causes to be served a notice of lien of a writ of fieri facias without
there being a judgment against the defendant named therein, shall pay to him the
sum of $ 350, and whoever serves a notice of lien of a writ of fieri facias
before the issuance of a writ of fieri facias, or after the return day thereof,
or serves or in any way gives a notice of a lien of fieri facias by means other
than by service by an officer authorized to serve civil process, shall pay to
the named defendant the sum of $ 350, to be recoverable as damages in an action
at law, in addition to whatever damages may be alleged and proven.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-433; 1977, c. 617; 2010, c. 343.