CHAPTER 260

An Act to amend and reenact § 16.1-98 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to writs of fiert facias and possession upon judgment in courts not
of record.

[H 590]

Approved April 1, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
on That § 16.1-98 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 16.1-98. Fieri facias or writ of possession on judgment.—Upon
a judgment being rendered in a court not of record a writ of fieri facias
or a writ of possession shall be issued thereon immediately, but * there
shall be execution thereon only if so requested by a party in interest.
When the judgment is for personal property and the defendant is not
given the option under § 8-593 to pay the amount of the judgment or
surrender the property, the plaintiff may, at his option, have a writ of
possession for the specific property and a writ of fieri facias for the
damages or profits and costs, and if the writ of possession prove ineffec-
tual he may have a writ of fieri facias for the alternate value. The judge
or clerk shall write or stamp upon the permanent docket or execution
book of the court, or upon the original warrant or motion, the issuing of
each such writ and the date of issuance.