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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377356</law_id><section_number>8.01-437</section_number><catch_line>Endorsement of clerk thereon</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="33" identifier="17">Judgments and Decrees Generally</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Judgments by Confession</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When a <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> is so confessed, the clerk shall endorse upon such <span class="dictionary">confession</span>, or attach thereto, his certificate in manner and form substantially as follows:</p><p>&#x201C;Virginia: In the clerk&#x2019;s office of the __________ <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the __________ of __________.</p><p>The foregoing (or attached) <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> was duly confessed before me in my said office on the __________ day of __________, two thousand and __________, at __________ o&#x2019;clock __________ a.m., p.m. and has been duly entered of record in common-<span class="dictionary">law</span> <span class="dictionary">order</span> book number __________, page __________.</p><p>Teste:</p><p>____________________ clerk.&#x201D;</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-361; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
