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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377564</law_id><section_number>8.01-561</section_number><catch_line>How property to be kept; how sold, when expensive to keep or perishable</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="42" identifier="20">Attachments and Bail in Civil Cases</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="3">Subsequent Proceedings Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any property seized under any <span class="dictionary">attachment</span> and not sold before <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> shall be kept in the same manner as similar property taken under execution. But such as is expensive to keep or perishable may be sold by <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> upon such terms as the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may direct. If the <span class="dictionary">court</span> directs that the sale may be made on credit, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may <span class="dictionary">order</span> the <span class="dictionary">sheriff</span> to take a <span class="dictionary">bond</span> with sufficient <span class="dictionary">surety</span>, payable to the <span class="dictionary">sheriff</span>, for the benefit of the <span class="dictionary">party</span> entitled. Such <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall be returned forthwith by the officer to the <span class="dictionary">court</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-549; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
