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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>360521</law_id><section_number>34-7</section_number><catch_line>Real estate, subject to encumbrances, may be set apart; if sold, how surplus disposed of</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>Such real estate may be selected and set apart as aforesaid, subject to any paramount encumbrances thereon. If a sale be had to satisfy the encumbrances, the surplus of the proceeds, if any, not exceeding the amount to which the <span class="dictionary">householder</span> is entitled under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Exemption created" href="/34-4/">34-4</a>, shall be paid to the <span class="dictionary">householder</span> and invested by him in such other property as he may select.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 6533.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Vollette v. Watson</name><case_number>Civil Action No. 2:12cv231</case_number><citation>937 F. Supp. 2d 706</citation><date>2013-04-01</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8724372/vollette-v-watson/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. OPINION and ORDER .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="1"><name>Irving v. Divito</name><case_number>Record 170071</case_number><citation>807 S.E.2d 741</citation><date>2017-12-14</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4451466/irving-v-divito/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. OPINION BY JUSTICE WILLIAM C. MIMS .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="2"><name>Justyna Jensen v. Maryland Cannabis Administration</name><case_number>24-1216</case_number><citation></citation><date>2025-09-02</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10665524/justyna-jensen-v-maryland-cannabis-administration/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. USCA4 Appeal: 24-1216     Doc: 39         Filed: 09/02/2025    Pg: 1 of 14 .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="3"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Sheaffer v. Marshall National Bank &amp; Trust Co. (In Re .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>19-70768</case_number><citation>159 B.R. 758</citation><date>1993-07-20</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1547322/sheaffer-v-marshall-national-bank-trust-co-in-re-sheaffer/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 159 B.R. 758 (1993) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="4"><name>Beskin v. Knupp (In Re Knupp)</name><case_number>16-62286</case_number><citation>461 B.R. 351</citation><date>2011-07-26</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2202067/beskin-v-knupp-in-re-knupp/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 461 B.R. 351 (2011) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="5"><name>Safeway, Inc. v. DPI Midatlantic, Inc.</name><case_number>Record 042656.</case_number><citation>619 S.E.2d 76</citation><date>2005-09-16</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1058920/safeway-inc-v-dpi-midatlantic-inc/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 619 S.E.2d 76 (2005) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="6"><name>Palmer v. R. A. Yancey Lumber Corp.</name><case_number>Record 160664.</case_number><citation>803 S.E.2d 742</citation><date>2017-09-14</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4426056/palmer-v-r-a-yancey-lumber-corp/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. OPINION BY JUSTICE ELIZABETH A. McCLANAHAN .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="7"><name>Christine Gibbons v. Betty Gibbs</name><case_number>24-1891</case_number><citation></citation><date>2026-02-11</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10792808/christine-gibbons-v-betty-gibbs/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. USCA4 Appeal: 24-1891      Doc: 57            Filed: 02/11/2026   Pg: 1 of 17 .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="8"><name>Bailey v. Kerns</name><case_number>Record 921431</case_number><citation>431 S.E.2d 312</citation><date>1993-06-11</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1364728/bailey-v-kerns/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 431 S.E.2d 312 (1993) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="9"><name>Doe v. Fairfax Cnty. Sch. Bd.</name><case_number>1:18-cv-846 (LMB/TCB)</case_number><citation>384 F. Supp. 3d 598</citation><date>2019-05-29</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7336265/doe-v-fairfax-cnty-sch-bd/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Leonie M. Brinkema, United States District Judge .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
