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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1977, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":376906,"section_number":"8.01-201","catch_line":"Execution; real estate to be sold","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-201\/"},{"id":376911,"section_number":"8.01-206","catch_line":"Terms of sale","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-206\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1507265,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376914,"identifier":"8.01-209","token":"8.01\/3\/19\/8.01-209","url":"\/8.01-209\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-209\/","token":"8.01\/3\/19\/8.01-209","dublin_core":{"Title":"Bond for purchase money to have force of judgment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-209","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When any bond<\/span> taken under \u00a7 8.01-206<\/a> becomes payable and is returned to the office of the court<\/span> from which the execution issued, it shall have the force of a judgment<\/span> against such of the obligors therein as may be then alive. Execution may be issued thereon against them. And the same shall be proceeded under in like manner as an execution issued on such a judgment<\/span> or decree<\/span> as is mentioned in \u00a7 8.01-201<\/a>, save only that the clerk shall endorse “no security is to be taken,” and the officer shall govern himself accordingly and sell for ready money any real estate which he may levy<\/span> on under the same.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOND FOR PURCHASE MONEY TO HAVE FORCE OF JUDGMENT (\u00a7 8.01-209)\n\nWhen any bond taken under \u00a7 8.01-206 becomes payable and is returned to the\noffice of the court from which the execution issued, it shall have the force of\na judgment against such of the obligors therein as may be then alive. Execution\nmay be issued thereon against them. And the same shall be proceeded under in\nlike manner as an execution issued on such a judgment or decree as is mentioned\nin \u00a7 8.01-201, save only that the clerk shall endorse “no security is to\nbe taken,” and the officer shall govern himself accordingly and sell for\nready money any real estate which he may levy on under the same.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-772; 1977, c. 617.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}