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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>360523</law_id><section_number>34-9</section_number><catch_line>How real estate set apart as exempt may be encumbered or aliened</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>Real estate set apart as aforesaid may be sold and conveyed as other real estate held by the <span class="dictionary">householder</span> and the proceeds invested in other property, or it may in like manner be exchanged for other property, but in no case shall the purchaser be bound to see to the application of the purchase money.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 6535.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>United States v. 34.09 Acres of Land</name><case_number>Misc. No. 4036</case_number><citation>290 F. Supp. 551</citation><date>1968-03-22</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8783906/united-states-v-3409-acres-of-land/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. MEMORANDUM .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="1"><name>In Re Kasun</name><case_number>19-10210</case_number><citation>186 B.R. 62</citation><date>1995-03-29</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1552055/in-re-kasun/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 186 B.R. 62 (1995) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="2"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Jake's Fireworks Inc. v. United States Consumer Product .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>23-1661</case_number><citation>105 F.4th 627</citation><date>2024-06-26</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9986835/jakes-fireworks-inc-v-united-states-consumer-product-safety-commission/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. USCA4 Appeal: 23-1661     Doc: 41            Filed: 06/26/2024   Pg: 1 of 13 .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="3"><name>Ronnie Lee Johnson v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>0443202</case_number><citation></citation><date>2021-07-27</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4903063/ronnie-lee-johnson-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="4"><name>Andrew Shaw v. Jefferson Sessions III</name><case_number>17-1213</case_number><citation>898 F.3d 448</citation><date>2018-08-07</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4524418/andrew-shaw-v-jefferson-sessions-iii/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. GREGORY, Chief Judge, dissenting: .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="5"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Peterson v. National Telecommunications &amp; Information .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>Nos. 06-1216, 06-1548</case_number><citation>478 F.3d 626</citation><date>2007-02-27</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8439637/peterson-v-national-telecommunications-information-administration/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Affirmed by published opinion. Judge DUNCAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge KING and Judge SHEDD .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="6"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Robert Peterson v. National Telecommunications and .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>06-1216</case_number><citation>478 F.3d 626</citation><date>2007-02-27</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/796985/robert-peterson-v-national-telecommunications-and-information/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 478 F.3d 626 .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="7"><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="8"><name>Miller v. Brown</name><case_number>05-2254</case_number><citation>462 F.3d 312</citation><date>2006-08-30</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/795617/miller-v-brown/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 462 F.3d 312 .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="9"><name>Castle v. Jallah</name><case_number>Civ. A. No. 91-422-N</case_number><citation>142 F.R.D. 618</citation><date>1992-07-23</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9040487/castle-v-jallah/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. *619OPINION AND ORDER .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
