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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>363712</law_id><section_number>43-70</section_number><catch_line>Release of mechanic&amp;#8217;s lien upon payment into court or filing of bond after suit brought</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>43-71</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="95" identifier="43">Mechanics' and Certain Other Liens</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="9">Release of Liens</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In any suit brought under the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="How liens enforced" href="/43-22/">43-22</a>, the owner of the building and premises to which the <span class="dictionary">lien</span>, or <span class="dictionary">liens</span>, sought to be enforced shall have attached, the general contractor for such building or other parties in interest may, after five days&#x2019; notice to the lienor, or lienors, apply to the <span class="dictionary">court</span> in which such suit shall be pending, or to the <span class="dictionary">judge</span> thereof in vacation, for permission to pay into <span class="dictionary">court</span> an amount of money sufficient to discharge such <span class="dictionary">lien</span>, or <span class="dictionary">liens</span>, and the costs of the suit or for permission to file a <span class="dictionary">bond</span> in the <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> of double the amount of such <span class="dictionary">lien</span>, or <span class="dictionary">liens</span>, and costs, with <span class="dictionary">surety</span> to be approved by the <span class="dictionary">court</span>, or <span class="dictionary">judge</span>, conditioned for the payment of such <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> adjudicating the <span class="dictionary">lien</span> or <span class="dictionary">liens</span> to be valid and determining the amount for which the same would have been enforceable against the real estate as may be rendered by the <span class="dictionary">court</span> upon the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> of the case on its merits, which permission shall be granted by the <span class="dictionary">court</span>, or <span class="dictionary">judge</span>, in either such case, unless good cause be shown against the same by some <span class="dictionary">party in interest</span>.</p><p>Upon the payment of such money into <span class="dictionary">court</span>, or upon the filing of such <span class="dictionary">bond</span>, as the case may be, after the <span class="dictionary">court</span> has granted permission for the same to be done, the property affected thereby shall stand released from such <span class="dictionary">lien</span>, or <span class="dictionary">liens</span>, and the money so paid in, or the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> so filed, as the case may be, shall be subject to the final <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> upon the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> of the case on its merits.</p></section></text><history>1936, p. 492; Michie Code 1942, &#xA7; 6437a; 1962, c. 166; 1976, c. 388; 1992, c. 532.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
