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Code of Virginia · § 8.01-41 — Wrongful distraint, attachment

8.01-41. Wrongful distraint, attachment

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.

History and annotations

Code 1950, § 8-651; 1977, c. 617.

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