Summons for unlawful detainer; hearing date; amendments to amount due; subsequent filings. Specifies a process by which a plaintiff, plaintiff's attorney, or agent in an unlawful detainer action may amend the amount due to him in an unlawful detainer action. The bill further provides that if such an amendment is permitted the plaintiff shall not subsequently file additional warrants in debt against the defendant for additional amounts if those amounts could have been included in such amended amount. The bill provides that if the plaintiff requests all amounts due and owing as of the date of the hearing or if the court grants an amendment of the amounts requested, the plaintiff shall not subsequently file additional unlawful detainers or warrants in debt against the defendant for such additional amounts if those amounts could have been included in the amended amount.

Statutes affected:
House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101072D: 8.01-126, 8.01-454
House: Committee substitute printed 24105988D-H1: 8.01-126, 8.01-454
House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB86ER): 8.01-126, 8.01-454
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0268): 8.01-126, 8.01-454