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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>360497</law_id><section_number>34-21</section_number><catch_line>When householder&amp;#8217;s right to exemption is exhausted</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><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>When an amount of property, whether real or personal, or both, has been set apart to be held by a <span class="dictionary">householder</span> as <span class="dictionary">exempt</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>, such amount shall for a period of eight years from such setting apart be applied against the maximum amount to which the <span class="dictionary">householder</span> is entitled to set apart as <span class="dictionary">exempt</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>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 6547; 1975, c. 466; 1977, c. 496; 1990, c. 942; 1996, c. 330; 2020, c. 328.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>In Re Williams</name><case_number>04-31522</case_number><citation>337 B.R. 846</citation><date>2005-08-09</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1868692/in-re-williams/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 337 B.R. 846 (2005) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="1"><name>ORBCOMM Inc. v. CalAmp Corp.</name><case_number>Civil Action No.: 3:16CV208-HEH</case_number><citation>215 F. Supp. 3d 499</citation><date>2016-10-19</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7322417/orbcomm-inc-v-calamp-corp/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. MEMORANDUM OPINION (Defendant&#x2019;s Motion for Reconsideration) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="2"><name>In Re MacKta</name><case_number>19-70538</case_number><citation>261 B.R. 189</citation><date>2000-04-18</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1928920/in-re-mackta/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 261 B.R. 189 (2000) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="3"><name>In Re Redmon</name><case_number>19-70354</case_number><citation>31 B.R. 756</citation><date>1983-06-21</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1929731/in-re-redmon/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 31 B.R. 756 (1983) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="4"><name>In Re Edwards</name><case_number>19-60473</case_number><citation>105 B.R. 10</citation><date>1989-08-16</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2008276/in-re-edwards/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 105 B.R. 10 (1989) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="5"><name>In Re Sherman</name><case_number>19-30507</case_number><citation>191 B.R. 654</citation><date>1995-07-10</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1853995/in-re-sherman/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 191 B.R. 654 (1995) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="6"><name>In Re Emerson</name><case_number>19-70051</case_number><citation>129 B.R. 82</citation><date>1991-02-22</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1871449/in-re-emerson/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 129 B.R. 82 (1991) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="7"><name>National City Bank v. Turnbaugh</name><case_number>05-1647</case_number><citation>463 F.3d 325</citation><date>2006-08-10</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2968348/national-city-bank-v-turnbaugh/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Affirmed by published opinion. Judge GOODWIN wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Judge .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="8"><name>Vaughan's Landscaping &amp; Maintenance v. Dodson</name><case_number>Record No. 1667-98-4</case_number><citation>30 Va. App. 135</citation><date>1999-06-29</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6933074/vaughans-landscaping-maintenance-v-dodson/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. OVERTON, Senior Judge. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="9"><name>In Re Heater</name><case_number>19-10661</case_number><citation>189 B.R. 629</citation><date>1995-11-07</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1841202/in-re-heater/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 189 B.R. 629 (1995) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
