CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN AND WHERE EXECUTIONS RETURNABLE; TO WHOM DIRECTED (§ 16.1-99)

A writ of fieri facias or a writ of possession issued from a general district
court shall be made returnable within 90 days to the court from which it was
issued, except that a writ of fieri facias issued in the instance of a wage
garnishment shall be returnable not more than 180 days after the date of
issuance. If, after the return day of the writ and the completion of any
garnishment, interrogatory or other proceeding in connection therewith, the
papers in the case have been returned to a circuit court, then the writ and
other papers in connection with such proceeding shall likewise be returned to
the circuit court and filed with the papers in the case. A writ of fieri facias
may be directed to the sheriff of any county or to the sergeant or constable of
any corporation.

HISTORY: 1956, c. 555; 1979, c. 45; 2003, c. 234.