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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377446</law_id><section_number>8.01-481</section_number><catch_line>Territorial extent of lien</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="38" identifier="18">Executions and Other Means of Recovery</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Lien in General</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">lien</span> given by this chapter on personal property by <span class="dictionary">levy</span> shall, as to property capable of being levied on, be restricted to the bailiwick of the officer into whose hands the execution is placed to be executed, but as to property not capable of being levied on the <span class="dictionary">lien</span> shall extend throughout the limits of the Commonwealth.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-414; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
