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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1977, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1507055,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376864,"identifier":"8.01-178","token":"8.01\/3\/15\/8.01-178","url":"\/8.01-178\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-178\/","token":"8.01\/3\/15\/8.01-178","dublin_core":{"Title":"When and how defendant, if evicted, may recover from plaintiff amount paid","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-178","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the defendant<\/span> or his heirs or assigns shall, after the premises are so relinquished to him, be evicted thereof by force of any better title than that of the original plaintiff<\/span>, the person<\/span> so evicted may recover from such plaintiff<\/span> or his representative the amount so paid for the premises, as so much money had and received by such plaintiff<\/span> in his lifetime for the use of such person<\/span>, with lawful interest thereon from the time of such payment.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN AND HOW DEFENDANT, IF EVICTED, MAY RECOVER FROM PLAINTIFF AMOUNT PAID (\u00a7\n8.01-178)\n\nIf the defendant or his heirs or assigns shall, after the premises are so\nrelinquished to him, be evicted thereof by force of any better title than that\nof the original plaintiff, the person so evicted may recover from such plaintiff\nor his representative the amount so paid for the premises, as so much money had\nand received by such plaintiff in his lifetime for the use of such person, with\nlawful interest thereon from the time of such payment.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-856; 1977, c. 617.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}