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2020 Code of Virginia
Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure
Chapter 3 - Actions
§ 8.01-41. Wrongful distraint, attachment
Universal Citation: VA Code § 8.01-41 (2020)
If property be distrained for any rent not due, or attached for any rent not accruing, or taken under any attachment sued out without good cause, the owner of such property may, in an action against the party suing out the warrant of distress or attachment, recover damages for the wrongful distraint, seizure, or sale.
Code 1950, ยง 8-651; 1977, c. 617.
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