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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377368</law_id><section_number>8.01-441</section_number><catch_line>When judgment confessed by virtue of power of attorney invalid</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>No <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> confessed in the office of the clerk of any <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> in this Commonwealth, by virtue of a <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span>, shall be valid, unless such <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> be in conformity with the provisions of this article.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-366; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
