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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377283</law_id><section_number>8.01-41</section_number><catch_line>Wrongful distraint, attachment</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="12" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="3">Actions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="3">Injury to Person or Property</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If property be distrained for any rent not due, or attached for any rent not accruing, or taken under any <span class="dictionary">attachment</span> sued out without good cause, the owner of such property may, in an <span class="dictionary">action</span> against the <span class="dictionary">party</span> suing out the warrant of distress or <span class="dictionary">attachment</span>, recover <span class="dictionary">damages</span> for the wrongful distraint, seizure, or sale.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-651; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
