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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376796</law_id><section_number>8.01-130.12</section_number><catch_line>When distress not unlawful because of irregularity, etc</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="12" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="3">Actions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="15" identifier="13.1">Warrants in Distress</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When distress is made for rent justly due and any irregularity or unlawful act is afterwards done by the <span class="dictionary">party</span> distraining, or his agent, the distress itself shall not be deemed to be unlawful, nor is the <span class="dictionary">party</span> making it therefore deemed a trespasser ab initio. The <span class="dictionary">party</span> aggrieved by such irregularity or unlawful act may, by <span class="dictionary">action</span>, recover full satisfaction for the special damage he has sustained thereby.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 5527; Code 1950, &#xA7; 55-236; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
