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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>360490</law_id><section_number>34-14</section_number><catch_line>How set apart in personal estate; form to claim exemption of personal property</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>34-13</reference><reference>34-20</reference><reference>34-4.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="79" identifier="34">Homestead and Other Exemptions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="2">Homestead Exemption of Householder</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Such personal estate selected by the <span class="dictionary">householder</span> under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Exemption created" href="/34-4/">34-4</a>, <a class="law" title="Additional exemption for certain veterans" href="/34-4.1/">34-4.1</a>, or <a class="law" title="Householder may set apart exemption in personal estate" href="/34-13/">34-13</a> shall be set apart in a writing signed by him. He shall, in the writing, designate and describe with reasonable certainty the personal estate so selected and set apart and each parcel or article, affixing to each his cash valuation thereof. Such writing shall be admitted to record, to be recorded as deeds are recorded in the county or city wherein such <span class="dictionary">householder</span> resides. However, if such personal estate is claimed <span class="dictionary">exempt</span> in a case filed under Title 11 of the United States Code, the official Schedule of Property Claimed as <span class="dictionary">Exempt</span> filed in the United States <span class="dictionary">Bankruptcy Court</span> claiming such <span class="dictionary">exemptions</span> shall be sufficient to set apart such property as <span class="dictionary">exempt</span>.</p><p>The following form, or one which is substantially similar, shall be used and shall be sufficient, when duly admitted to record in the county or city in which the <span class="dictionary">householder</span> resides, to <span class="dictionary">exempt</span> such described personal property from <span class="dictionary">creditor process</span>:</p><p>HOMESTEAD DEED FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY</p><p>Name of <span class="dictionary">Householder</span> __________________</p><p>Is the <span class="dictionary">householder</span> a disabled veteran entitled to claim the additional <span class="dictionary">exemption</span> under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Additional exemption for certain veterans" href="/34-4.1/">34-4.1</a>? ________________</p><p>Address of <span class="dictionary">Householder</span> __________________</p><p>Name(s) and age(s) of dependent(s) __________________</p><p>County/city in which <span class="dictionary">householder</span> resides ____________________________________________________________</p><p>Description of property claimed as <span class="dictionary">exempt</span> and its value</p><p>__________________</p><p>__________________</p><p>Number of homestead deeds that have been filed by the <span class="dictionary">Householder</span></p><p>__________________</p><p><span class="dictionary">Exemption</span> amount previously claimed on prior homestead deeds</p><p>__________________</p><p>List the <span class="dictionary">jurisdictions</span> where previous homestead deeds were filed</p><p>__________________</p><p>__________________ (Signature of <span class="dictionary">Householder</span>)</p><p>__________________ [ACKNOWLEDGMENT]</p><p>Such writing or deed shall not be required to secure any <span class="dictionary">exemption</span> under this Code except those <span class="dictionary">exemptions</span> created by &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Exemption created" href="/34-4/">34-4</a>, <a class="law" title="Additional exemption for certain veterans" href="/34-4.1/">34-4.1</a> and <a class="law" title="Householder may set apart exemption in personal estate" href="/34-13/">34-13</a>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 6540; 1990, c. 942; 1993, c. 150; 2010, c. 186; 2020, c. 328.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>In re Chesler</name><case_number>Case No. 16-10761-RGM</case_number><citation>562 B.R. 119</citation><date>2016-09-27</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8527701/in-re-chesler/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. MEMORANDUM OPINION .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="1"><name>In Re Cambre</name><case_number>19-70299</case_number><citation>463 B.R. 340</citation><date>2012-01-27</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2203154/in-re-cambre/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 463 B.R. 340 (2012) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="2"><name>In Re Alley</name><case_number>19-50091</case_number><citation>354 B.R. 783</citation><date>2006-11-08</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1816400/in-re-alley/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 354 B.R. 783 (2006) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="3"><name>Campbell County v. Royal</name><case_number>101168</case_number><citation></citation><date>2012-01-13</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1057964/campbell-county-v-royal/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Present:   Kinser, C.J., Lemons, Millette, Mims, McClanahan, and .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="4"><name>In Re Stoney</name><case_number>10-74849</case_number><citation>445 B.R. 543</citation><date>2011-02-09</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2192360/in-re-stoney/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 445 B.R. 543 (2011) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="5"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. In Re: Quy Van Nguyen, Debtor. Robert G. Mayer, .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>99-1563</case_number><citation>211 F.3d 105</citation><date>2000-04-28</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/768562/in-re-quy-van-nguyen-debtor-robert-g-mayer-trustee-appellant-v-quy/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MICHAEL wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILLIAMS and Judge .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="6"><name>Mayer v. Nguyen</name><case_number>99-1563</case_number><citation></citation><date>2000-04-28</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2967170/mayer-v-nguyen/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. PUBLISHED .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="7"><name>In Re Heidel</name><case_number>19-31110</case_number><citation>215 B.R. 814</citation><date>1997-12-22</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1910946/in-re-heidel/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 215 B.R. 814 (1997) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="8"><name>In Re Wallace</name><case_number>16-50028</case_number><citation>249 B.R. 677</citation><date>2000-03-22</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1859541/in-re-wallace/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 249 B.R. 677 (2000) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="9"><name>In Re Nguyen</name><case_number>13-12392</case_number><citation>226 B.R. 547</citation><date>1998-09-29</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1524078/in-re-nguyen/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 226 B.R. 547 (1998) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
