8.01-516.1 - Garnishment dispositions. - Virginia Statutes

§ 8.01-516.1. Garnishment dispositions.

A. If the amount of liability is not disputed and the garnishee admitsliability to the court either by (i) examination on the return date of thesummons, or (ii) written statement as provided by § 8.01-515 on or before thereturn date of the summons, the court shall order the delivery of such estateor payment of the value of such estate into court without entering judgmentagainst the garnishee. Should a garnishee fail to comply with the orderwithin thirty days after service of such order on the garnishee, thenjudgment may be entered against the garnishee.

B. Upon certification by the judgment creditor, its bona fide employee, orits attorney that its claim has been satisfied or that it desires its actionagainst the garnishee to be dismissed for any other reason, the court, orclerk thereof, where the action has been filed, shall, by written order,which may be served by the sheriff, notify the garnishee to cease withholdingassets of the judgment debtor, and to treat any funds previously withheld asif the original garnishment action had not been filed. The court in whichthe garnishment action was filed shall then dismiss the action on or beforethe return date.

(1983, c. 399; 1993, c. 385.)