Chap. 143.—An ACT to amend section 6501 of the Code of Virginia which said
section is in chapter 272 of the said Code on the subject of executions, and the
means of enforcing the recoveries of money otherwise than by such writ.

[S B 309]
Approved March 22, 1934

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
sixty-five hundred and one of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 6501. Lien of fieri facias on estate of debtor not capable
of being levied on—Every writ of fiert facias shall, in addition to the
lien it has under section sixty-four hundred and eighty-five on what
is capable of being levied on under that section, be a lien from the time
it is delivered to a sheriff or other officer to be executed, on all the
personal estate of or to which the judgment debtor is, or may after-
wards and on or before the return day of the said writ become, pos-
sessed or entitled, and which, from its nature is not capable of being
levied on under the said section, except such as is exempt under the
provisions of chapter two hundred and seventy-four, and except that,
as against an assignee of any such estate for valuable consideration, the
lien by virtue of this section shall not affect him unless he had notice
thereof at the time of the assignment, and, as against a person making
a payment to the judgment debtor, the said lien shall not affect him,
unless and until he be given written notice thereof setting forth the
name of the person against whom obtained, by whom obtained, the
amount and costs of the judgment, the date recovered, the date of the
issuance or renewal of execution thereon, the return day of execution,
and the date of placing of the execution in the hands of officer, and
unless said notice shall be personally signed by the plaintiff or his at-
torney and shall have been duly served upon such assignee or person
making payment and judgment debtor by an officer authorized to serve
civil process.

Whoever serves a notice of lien of a writ of fiert factas without there
being a judgment against the defendant named therein, shall pay to him
the sum of fifty dollars, and whoever serves a notice of lien of a writ of
fieri facias before the issuance of a writ of fieri facias, or aiter the re-
turn day thereof, shall pay to the named defendant the sum of twenty-
five dollars, to be recoverable as damages in an action at law, in addition
to whatever damages may be alleged and proven. But nothing herein con-
tained shall be construed as imposing liability upon any person serving
a notice under this act if a judgment has been obtained and the lien
notice is served during the life of an execution.