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Va. Code Ann. § 55.1-400 (2026)

Void fraudulent acts; bona fide purchasers not affected

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Every (i) gift, conveyance, assignment, or transfer of, or charge upon, any estate, real or personal, (ii) action commenced or order, judgment, or execution suffered or obtained, and (iii) bond or other writing given with intent to delay, hinder, or defraud creditors, purchasers, or other persons of or from what they are or may be lawfully entitled to shall, as to such creditors, purchasers, or other persons or their representatives or assigns, be void. This section shall not affect the title of a purchaser for valuable consideration, unless it appears that he had notice of the fraudulent intent of his immediate grantor or of the fraud rendering void the title of such grantor.

Code 1919, § 5184; Code 1950, § 55-80; 2019, c. 712.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 31 cases (29 in the last 5 years), 2019–2026 · leading case: Tavenner, as Chapter 7 Tr. v. ULX Partners, LLC (Bankr. E.D. Va. 2021).
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Tavenner, as Chapter 7 Tr. v. ULX Partners, LLC (Bankr. E.D. Va. 2021). · cites it 26× “1-400 of the Virginia Code, the Trustee may plead actual “intent to delay, hinder, or defraud creditors,” Va. Code § 55.1-400, or may plead badges of fraud, see In re Tarangelo, 378 B.”
Kubli v. Westwood Bldgs. L.P. (Va. 2021). · cites it 16× “The complaint alleged fraudulent conveyances in violation of Code § 55.1-400, voluntary conveyances in violation of Code § 55.”
Defot-Sido v. Carr (E.D. Va. 2024). · cites it 10× “Carr individually, and therefore she could not state a claim under Va. Code §§ 55.1-400, 55.1-401. Mot. to Dismiss Op.”
Defot-Sido v. Carr (Bankr. E.D. Va. 2022). · cites it 9× “Count Five: Avoidance of Fraudulent Transfer of House Under Va. Code § 55.1-400 Count Five seeks to avoid the 2019 Deed under section 55.”
Therese Harmon, as Tr., etc. v. Wind Fields Farm, LLC (Va. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 8× “H99DT argues that its amended complaint stated a claim for fraudulent conveyance on behalf of CGH because the complaint alleged that CGH was an “other person” under Code § 55.1-400 and therefore entitled to claim the Farm Property, and further that WFF, as transferor, conveyed…”
United Food & Com. Workers Int'l v. EC Mgmt. Servs. of Georgia, Inc. (E.D. Va. 2020). · cites it 5× “Counts II and III: The Virginia Fraudulent Transfer Act Claims Relatedly, both Parties assume that the Fund’s Virginia Fraudulent Transfer Act claims under Virginia Code § 55.1-400 contained in Count II and Count III are properly brought.”
United Food & Com. Workers Int'l v. EC Mgmt. Servs. of Georgia, Inc. (E.D. Va. 2021). · cites it 5× “14 The Virginia Fraudulent Transfers Act, Va. Code § 55.1-400, addresses fraudulent conveyance of property, and states in relevant part: §1392(c)and the VFTA, when applied to an ERISA plan, forbidthefraudulent transfer of assets to avoid withdrawal liability.”
Barber (Bankr. E.D. Va. 2025). · cites it 5× “2 The two Complaints characterize the transfers as “fraudulent transfers” under Va. Code Ann. § 55.1-400 . It is unlikely that the fraudulent transfer statute applies in these circumstances.”
Barber (Bankr. E.D. Va. 2025). · cites it 5× “2 The two Complaints characterize the transfers as “fraudulent transfers” under Va. Code Ann. § 55.1-400 . It is unlikely that the fraudulent transfer statute applies in these circumstances.”
Barber (Bankr. E.D. Va. 2025). · cites it 5× “2 The two Complaints characterize the transfers as “fraudulent transfers” under Va. Code Ann. § 55.1-400 . It is unlikely that the fraudulent transfer statute applies in these circumstances.”
PPI/TimeZero, Inc. v. Zenith Firearms, Inc., SouthStar Fin., LLC & Critzer Road Holdings, LLC (W.D. Va. 2025). · cites it 5× “Va. Code Ann. § 55.1-400 . PPI argues that it is entitled to relief as an “other person” under the statute, while Critzer contends that PPI is not covered by this statute because (1) PPI is not a creditor of Kaya Properties, the grantor, and (2) PPI does not have a security…”
Carickhoff v. Cantor (Bankr. D. Del. 2023). · cites it 4× “P, Five Elms Equity Fund I, L.P., Five Elms Haakon L.P., and Five Elms Coinvest, L.”
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