§ 8.01-504. Penalty for service of notice of lien when no judgment exists
Whoever causes to be served a notice of lien of a writ of fieri facias without there being a judgment against the defendant named therein, shall pay to him the sum of $100, and whoever serves a notice of lien of a writ of fieri facias before the issuance of a writ of fieri facias, or after the return day thereof, or serves or in any way gives a notice of a lien of fieri facias by means other than by service by an officer authorized to serve civil process, shall pay to the named defendant the sum of $100, to be recoverable as damages in an action at law, in addition to whatever damages may be alleged and proven.
(Code 1950, § 8-433; 1977, c. 617.)
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