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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377427</law_id><section_number>8.01-465</section_number><catch_line>Chapter embraces recognizances and bonds having force of judgment</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="33" identifier="17">Judgments and Decrees Generally</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="7">Lien and Enforcement Thereof</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The foregoing sections of this chapter, so far as they relate to the docketing of <span class="dictionary">judgments</span>, the entering of satisfaction thereof, and the <span class="dictionary">liens</span> of <span class="dictionary">judgments</span> and enforcement of such <span class="dictionary">liens</span>, shall be construed as embracing <span class="dictionary">recognizances</span>, and <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> having the force of a <span class="dictionary">judgment</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-398; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
