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Home » US Law » 2022 Code of Virginia » Title 16.1 - Courts Not of Record » Chapter 6 - Venue, Jurisdiction and Procedure in Civil Matters » Article 4. Trying Title to Property Levied on under Distress or Execution

§ 16.1-120. Summons in such case

If the party making such application shall make and file an affidavit that to the best of his belief such property, money or other personal estate so claimed by such third party is not of greater value than the maximum jurisdictional limits of the court as provided by § 16.1-77 (1), the judge or clerk […]

§ 16.1-121. Order after hearing

After hearing the parties or such of them as may attend after being summoned, and such witnesses as may be introduced by either party, the judge shall order the officer, or the possessor of any money or other personal estate, to deliver the same to the claimant, if he be of opinion that the same […]

§ 16.1-122. Appeal

If the property or money claimed in any such proceeding is more than $50 in value, an appeal of right may be had to the judgment or order of the court as provided in § 16.1-106. 1956, c. 555; 1978, c. 42; 1986, c. 25; 1998, cc. 482, 495; 2002, c. 645; 2007, c. 869.