2006 Code of Virginia § 8.01-546 - What attachment to command; summons

8.01-546. What attachment to command; summons.

Every attachment sued out against specific personal property shall commandthe sheriff or other officer to whom it may be directed to attach thespecific property claimed in the petition, and so much more of the real andpersonal property of the principal defendant as shall be necessary to coverthe damages for the detention of the specific property sued for and the costsof the attachment. Every other attachment shall command the sheriff or otherofficer to whom it may be directed to attach the property mentioned andsought to be attached in the petition, if any, and so much of the lands,tenements, goods, chattels, moneys and effects of the principal defendant notexempt from execution as will be sufficient to satisfy the plaintiff'sdemand, and, in case of tangible personal property, taken possession of under 8.01-551, to keep the same safely in his possession to satisfy any judgmentthat may be recovered by the plaintiff in such attachment.

Every attachment sued out under this section shall also command the sheriffor other officer to summon the defendant or defendants, if he or they arefound within his county or city, or any county or city wherein he may haveseized property under and by virtue of such writ, to appear and answer thepetition for the attachment.

Each copy of the summons shall be issued together with a form for requestinga hearing on a claim of exemption from levy or seizure as provided in 8.01-546.1. Both documents shall be served on each defendant.

(Code 1950, 8-533; 1977, c. 617; 1986, c. 341.)