34-14 - How set apart in personal estate; form to claim exemption of personal property. - Virginia Statutes

§ 34-14. How set apart in personal estate; form to claimexemption of personal property.

Such personal estate selected by the householder and under §§34-4, 34-4.1, or § 34-13 shall be set apart in a writing signed by him. Heshall, in the writing, designate and describe with reasonable certainty thepersonal estate so selected and set apart and each parcel or article, affixingto each his cash valuation thereof. Such writing shall be admitted to record,to be recorded as deeds are recorded in the county or city wherein suchhouseholder resides.

The following form, or one which is substantially similar,shall be used and shall be sufficient, when duly admitted to record in thecounty or city in which the householder resides, to exempt such describedpersonal property from creditor process:

 HOMESTEAD DEED FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY
 Name of Householder  ...................................................
 Is the householder a disabled veteran entitled to claim the additional
 exemption under § 34-4.1?  .............................................
 Address of Householder  ................................................
 Name(s) and age(s) of dependent(s)  ....................................
 County/city in which householder resides  .......................
 Description of property claimed as exempt and its value  ...............
 ........................................................................
 Number of homestead deeds that have been filed by the Householder
 ........................................................................
 Exemption amount previously claimed on prior homestead deeds
 ........................................................................
 List the jurisdictions where previous homestead deeds were filed
 ........................................................................
 ....................   ..............................
 ....................  (Signature of Householder)
 [ACKNOWLEDGMENT] 

Such writing or deed shall not be required to secure anyexemption under this Code except those exemptions created by §§ 34-4, 34-4.1and 34-13.

(Code 1919, § 6540; 1990, c. 942; 1993, c. 150; 2010, c. 186.)