8.01-452 - Entry of assignment of judgment on judgment lien docket. - Virginia Statutes

§ 8.01-452. Entry of assignment of judgment on judgment lien docket.

Whenever there shall be an assignment of a judgment, there may be a notationof the assignment made upon the judgment docket, where the same is recorded,by the clerk. An assignment, in order to be so noted, must be in writing,showing the date thereof, the name of the assignor and assignee, the amountof the judgment, and when and by what court granted, and either acknowledgedas are deeds for recordation in the clerks' offices of circuit courts in thisCommonwealth, or signed by the assignor, attested by two witnesses; or suchjudgment may be assigned by notation on the margin of the judgment liendocket on the page of the book where same is docketed, by the judgmentcreditor or his attorney of record, and attested by the clerk. Theassignment, after the same is noted upon the judgment docket as is hereinprovided, shall be filed by the clerk with the other papers in the case inhis office. When such assignment is made and noted as herein provided furtherexecutions shall be issued in the name of the assignee as the plaintiff inthe case.

(Code 1950, § 8-379; 1977, c. 617.)