8.01-550 - How attachment levied. - Virginia Statutes

§ 8.01-550. How attachment levied.

An attachment may be levied as follows:

On tangible personal property in possession of a principal defendant, whethersuch possession be actual or constructive, it may be levied as at common lawor by delivering a copy of the attachment to such principal defendant or, ifpossession is requested in the petition, then by taking possession of suchpersonal property;

On choses in action or on tangible personal property in possession of anydefendant other than the principal defendant, it may be levied by deliveringa copy of the attachment to the person indebted to the principal defendant orhaving possession of the property belonging to him; and

On real estate, it may be levied by such estate being mentioned and describedin an endorsement on the attachment by the officer to whom it is deliveredfor service to the following effect:

"Levied on the following real estate of the defendant A. (or defendants A. and
 B.), to-wit: (here describe the real estate) this the  ....................
day of  .................... at  .............. o'clock. E.F., sheriff (or
other officer)," 

and by service of the attachment on the person, if any, in possession of suchreal estate.

Wherever a copy of an attachment is required or allowed to be served on anyperson, natural or artificial, it may be served as a notice is served under§§ 8.01-296, 8.01-299, 8.01-300 or 8.01-301, as the case may be.

(Code 1950, § 8-537; 1977, c. 617; 1984, c. 646.)