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Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-446 (2026)

Clerks to keep judgment dockets; what judgments to be docketed therein

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The clerk of each court of every circuit shall keep in his office, in a well-bound book, or by microphotographic or electronic process allowed by § 17.1-240, a judgment docket, in which he shall docket, without delay, any judgment for a specific amount of money rendered in his court, and shall likewise docket without delay any judgment for a specific amount of money rendered in this Commonwealth by any other court of this Commonwealth or federal court, when he shall be required so to do by any person interested, on such person delivering to him an authenticated legible abstract of it and also upon the request of any person interested therein, any such judgment rendered by a district court judge whose book has been filed in his office under the provisions of Title 16.1 or of which a legible abstract is delivered to him certified by the district court judge who rendered it; provided, that judgments docketed in the clerk's office of the Circuit Court of the City of Williamsburg and the County of James City shall be docketed and indexed in one book. A specific judgment for money shall state that it is a judgment for money in a specific amount in favor of a named party, against a named party, with that party's address, if known, and it shall further state the time from which the judgment bears interest. An order of restitution docketed pursuant to § 19.2-305.2 shall have the same force and effect as a specific judgment for money and shall state that it is an order of restitution in a specific amount in favor of a named party, against a named party, with that party's address, if known, and it shall further state the time from which the judgment bears interest. If the clerk determines that an abstract is not legible, the clerk shall refuse to record it and shall return it to the person who tendered the abstract for recording. No judgment for assessments described in subsection A of § 17.1-275.5 or for the fees provided for by § 17.1-275.1, 17.1-275.2, 17.1-275.3, 17.1-275.4, 17.1-275.7, 17.1-275.8, 17.1-275.9, 17.1-275.10, 17.1-275.11, 17.1-275.11:1, or 17.1-275.12 or for all other fines and costs shall be recorded as a judgment in favor of the Commonwealth if such fees, assessments, fines, or costs have been fully paid by the defendant by the date of sentencing by the court.

Code 1950, § 8-373; 1952, c. 438; 1962, c. 568; 1973, c. 544; 1975, cc. 182, 575; 1977, c. 617; 1993, c. 412; 1994, c. 538; 1995, c. 434; 1997, c. 579; 2008, cc. 823, 833; 2013, c. 263; 2015, c. 641.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1994–2012 · leading case: Tammy Mae Frazier v. Commonwealth, 460 S.E.2d 608 (Va. Ct. App. 1995).
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Tammy Mae Frazier v. Commonwealth, 460 S.E.2d 608 (Va. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 36× “Code § 8.01-446, and . . . § 19.2-305.2(B), that restitution .”
Jenkins v. Mehra, 704 S.E.2d 577 (Va. 2011). · cites it 2× “1 (if punitive damages award is above statutory cap, trial judge is required to "enter judgment for such damages in the maximum amount provided by this section"); Code § 8.01-446 (requiring circuit court clerks to docket "any judgment for a specific amount of money"); Code § 8.”
Commonwealth v. Mehryar, 57 Va. Cir. 496 (2000). · cites it 3× “” Under Code § 8.01-446, the Clerk of Court must docket all civil judgments.”
R. C. Lee Carpet & Tile, Inc. v. Curtas Forest Prods., Inc., 34 Va. Cir. 111 (Spotsylvania Cir. Ct. 1994). · cites it 2× “See Virginia Code §§ 8.01-446 et seq. A judgment is not regarded as docketed until it is indexed.”
Johnson v. Cadles of Grassy Meadows, II, LLC (In Re Johnson), 466 B.R. 67 (Bankr. E.D. Va. 2012). “e court in which the judgment was rendered, to have the same marked satisfied, and upon proof that the judgment has been paid off or discharged, such court shall order such satisfaction to be entered on the margin of the page in the book wherein such judgment was entered, and a…”
Hall v. Davenport (4th Cir. 1996). “Therefore, under Rule 69(a), the federal district court could and should enforce the judgment.”
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