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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76115</law_id><section_number>8.01-472</section_number><catch_line>Writs on judgments for personal property</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="18">Executions and Other Means of Recovery</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Issue and Form; Motion to Quash</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> is for personal property, the <span class="dictionary">plaintiff</span> may, at his option, have a fieri facias for the alternative value, instead of a <span class="dictionary">writ</span> of <span class="dictionary">possession</span>, and the <span class="dictionary">damages</span> and costs.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-404; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
