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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":false,"permalink":{"id":1504809,"object_type":"law","relational_id":377356,"identifier":"8.01-437","token":"8.01\/17\/2\/8.01-437","url":"\/8.01-437\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-437\/","token":"8.01\/17\/2\/8.01-437","dublin_core":{"Title":"Endorsement of clerk thereon","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-437","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When a judgment<\/span> is so confessed, the clerk shall endorse upon such confession<\/span>, or attach thereto, his certificate in manner and form substantially as follows:<\/p>

“Virginia: In the clerk’s office of the __________ court<\/span> of the __________ of __________.<\/p>

The foregoing (or attached) judgment<\/span> was duly confessed before me in my said office on the __________ day of __________, two thousand and __________, at __________ o’clock __________ a.m., p.m. and has been duly entered of record in common-law<\/span> order<\/span> book number __________, page __________.<\/p>

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____________________ clerk.”<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENDORSEMENT OF CLERK THEREON (\u00a7 8.01-437)\n\nWhen a judgment is so confessed, the clerk shall endorse upon such confession,\nor attach thereto, his certificate in manner and form substantially as follows:\n\n“Virginia: In the clerk’s office of the __________ court of the\n__________ of __________.\n\nThe foregoing (or attached) judgment was duly confessed before me in my said\noffice on the __________ day of __________, two thousand and __________, at\n__________ o’clock __________ a.m., p.m. and has been duly entered of\nrecord in common-law order book number __________, page __________.\n\nTeste:\n\n____________________ clerk.”\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-361; 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"}}