8.01-563 - Principal defendant may claim exemption. - Virginia Statutes

§ 8.01-563. Principal defendant may claim exemption.

The principal defendant, if a householder or head of a family, may claim thatthe amount so found owing from his codefendant, or the personal property inhis possession, shall be exempt from liability for the plaintiff's claim; andif it shall appear that the principal defendant is entitled to suchexemption, then the court shall render a judgment against the defendant onlyfor the excess, if any, beyond the exemption to which the principal defendantis entitled.

(Code 1950, § 8-551; 1977, c. 617.)