When pursuant to subsection B of § 8.01-506, a summons requires the execution debtor to appear before a court of the county or city in which the execution debtor resides, or of a county or city contiguous thereto, the execution creditor may have the case filed or docketed in that court as follows:
§ 8.01-506.2.Proceedings in court of county or city where execution debtor resides.
Chapter 18. Executions and Other Means of Recovery · Article 6. Interrogatories · Last amended 2005 · Last verified July 16, 2026
In one sentenceSets out how to file or docket a debtor-interrogatory case in the court of the county or city where the execution debtor resides when the creditor elects that venue — filing an abstract of judgment, paying a fee, then letting that court issue the summons and run the whole proceeding through to any release or satisfaction.
Full Text of § 8.01-506.2
1. The execution creditor shall file with that court an abstract of the judgment rendered.
2. The execution creditor shall pay a fee to that court in accordance with the provisions of § 16.1-69.48:2 or subdivision 17 of § 17.1-275.
3. After docketing or filing the abstract of judgment and payment of any fees, the court shall issue the summons and any subsequent executions on the filed or docketed judgment, including a subpoena duces tecum pursuant to § 8.01- 506.1, and shall conduct such hearings and enter such orders pursuant to §§ 8.01-507, 8.01-507.1, 8.01-508, 8.01- 509, and 8.01-510 as may be required.
4. The execution creditor shall file in both courts any releases or satisfactions of judgment.
Plain-English Summary
Section 8.01-506 lets a creditor ask that interrogatories happen where the debtor lives instead of wherever the original judgment court sits. Section 8.01-506.2 spells out how to make that happen procedurally.
The creditor starts by filing an abstract of the judgment with the debtor’s local court and paying the fee set under § 16.1-69.48:2 or subdivision 17 of § 17.1-275. Once that is docketed and paid, the local court takes over: it issues the interrogatory summons, any follow-on executions, and subpoenas duces tecum under § 8.01-506.1, and it conducts whatever hearings and enters whatever orders §§ 8.01-507 through 8.01-510 call for.
The one loose end is closing the loop: whenever the judgment is released or satisfied, the creditor must file that release or satisfaction in both courts — the original judgment court and the local court where the interrogatory proceeding was docketed — so neither court’s records show a stale, unresolved judgment.
Frequently Asked Questions
What must a creditor file to move interrogatory proceedings to the debtor’s home court?
An abstract of the judgment rendered.
Does the creditor have to pay anything to file in the debtor’s local court?
Yes, a fee under § 16.1-69.48:2 or subdivision 17 of § 17.1-275.
What can the debtor’s local court do once the case is docketed?
Issue the summons and subsequent executions, including subpoenas duces tecum, and conduct hearings and enter orders under §§ 8.01-507, 8.01-507.1, 8.01-508, 8.01-509, and 8.01-510.
What happens when the judgment is satisfied or released?
The creditor must file the release or satisfaction of judgment in both courts.
Is filing in the debtor’s local court mandatory?
No. It applies when the execution creditor requests that the summons require the debtor to appear before the debtor’s local court under subsection B of § 8.01-506.
Amendment History
2005, c. 726.
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reproduced verbatim from the Code of Virginia, published by the
Code of Virginia, Virginia Division of Legislative Automated Systems. Last verified July 16, 2026.
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