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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 48 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 2008, chapters 823<\/a> and 833<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":377380,"section_number":"8.01-451","catch_line":"Judgments to be docketed and indexed in new names of judgment debtors; how execution may thereafter issue","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-451\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":350008,"section_number":"17.1-240","catch_line":"Recording by microphotographic or electronic process","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-240\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1504855,"object_type":"law","relational_id":377373,"identifier":"8.01-446.1","token":"8.01\/17\/5\/8.01-446.1","url":"\/8.01-446.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-446.1\/","token":"8.01\/17\/5\/8.01-446.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Keeping of docket books by clerk of court using micrographic process; form","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-446.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever judgments<\/span> are docketed in the judgment<\/span> lien<\/span> book in the office of the clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> and are recorded by a procedural micrographic process as provided in \u00a7 17.1-240<\/a>, or by any other method or process which renders impractical or impossible the subsequent entry of notations upon the docketed judgment<\/span>, an appropriate certificate of assignment, release, partial release, certified copy of any order<\/span>, or other separate instrument setting forth the necessary information as provided in this section shall be recorded and indexed according to law<\/span>. Such instrument shall conform substantially with the following form:<\/p>

ORIGINAL BOOK # _____ PAGE _____ (or instrument no)<\/p>

ORIGINAL DATE DOCKETED: ____________________<\/p>

TYPE OF FILING (Check One)<\/p>

( ) Assignment<\/p>

( ) Release<\/p>

( ) Partial Release<\/p>

( ) Credit(s)<\/p>

( ) Additional Debtor(s)<\/p>

( ) New Name of Debtor<\/p>

Date of Judgment<\/span>: ____________________<\/p>

Amount of Judgment<\/span>: ____________________<\/p>

Plaintiff<\/span>(s): ________________________________________<\/p>

Defendant<\/span>(s): ________________________________________<\/p>

Assignee (If assignment): ________________________________________<\/p>

Payments (If credits): AMOUNT __________ DATE PAID __________<\/p>

(Complete below if additional debtor or change of name of debtor)<\/p>

Debtor: ________________________________________<\/p>

Social Security Number of Debtor (Last Four Digits) (If known): __________<\/p>

Given under my hand this __________ day of __________, __________<\/p>

________________________________________(Plaintiff<\/span>) (Attorney for Plaintiff<\/span>)(Authorized Agent for Plaintiff<\/span>)<\/p>

Any judgment creditor<\/span> who knowingly gives false information upon such certificate made under this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nKEEPING OF DOCKET BOOKS BY CLERK OF COURT USING MICROGRAPHIC PROCESS; FORM (\u00a7\n8.01-446.1)\n\nWhenever judgments are docketed in the judgment lien book in the office of the\nclerk of the circuit court and are recorded by a procedural micrographic process\nas provided in \u00a7 17.1-240, or by any other method or process which renders\nimpractical or impossible the subsequent entry of notations upon the docketed\njudgment, an appropriate certificate of assignment, release, partial release,\ncertified copy of any order, or other separate instrument setting forth the\nnecessary information as provided in this section shall be recorded and indexed\naccording to law. Such instrument shall conform substantially with the following\nform:\n\nORIGINAL BOOK # _____ PAGE _____ (or instrument no)\n\nORIGINAL DATE DOCKETED: ____________________\n\nTYPE OF FILING (Check One)\n\n( ) Assignment\n\n( ) Release\n\n( ) Partial Release\n\n( ) Credit(s)\n\n( ) Additional Debtor(s)\n\n( ) New Name of Debtor\n\nDate of Judgment: ____________________\n\nAmount of Judgment: ____________________\n\nPlaintiff(s): ________________________________________\n\nDefendant(s): ________________________________________\n\nAssignee (If assignment): ________________________________________\n\nPayments (If credits): AMOUNT __________ DATE PAID __________\n\n(Complete below if additional debtor or change of name of debtor)\n\nDebtor: ________________________________________\n\nSocial Security Number of Debtor (Last Four Digits) (If known): __________\n\nGiven under my hand this __________ day of __________, __________\n\n________________________________________(Plaintiff) (Attorney for\nPlaintiff)(Authorized Agent for Plaintiff)\n\nAny judgment creditor who knowingly gives false information upon such\ncertificate made under this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 48; 2008, cc. 823, 833.","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"}}