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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377662</law_id><section_number>8.01-592</section_number><catch_line>Notice not required in emergencies</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.01-593</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="12" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="50" identifier="22">Receivers, General and Special</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Special Receivers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Section <a class="law" title="Notice required prior to appointment of receiver" href="/8.01-591/">8.01-591</a> shall not apply to those cases in which an emergency exists and it is necessary that a receiver be immediately appointed to preserve the subject matter. In such emergency cases a receiver may be appointed and the <span class="dictionary">order</span> of appointment shall state the emergency and necessity for immediate <span class="dictionary">action</span>, and shall require <span class="dictionary">bond</span> in proper amount of the applicant or someone for him with sufficient <span class="dictionary">surety</span> conditioned to protect and save harmless the owners, lienors and <span class="dictionary">creditors</span>, <span class="dictionary">lien</span> or general, in the subject matter taken over by the receiver, from all <span class="dictionary">damages</span> and injury properly and naturally flowing from such emergency appointment of a receiver.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-736; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Estate of Hackler v. Hackler</name><case_number>1827032</case_number><citation>602 S.E.2d 426</citation><date>2004-09-21</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1063715/estate-of-hackler-v-hackler/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. CLEMENTS, J., .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name>S. W. Rawls, Inc. v. Forrest</name><case_number>Record No. 801204</case_number><citation>224 Va. 264</citation><date>1982-10-15</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6927683/s-w-rawls-inc-v-forrest/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COCHRAN, J., .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
