When the judgment is for personal property, the plaintiff may, at his option, have a fieri facias for the alternative value, instead of a writ of possession, and the damages and costs.
Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-472
Writs on judgments for personal property
Code 1950, § 8-404; 1977, c. 617.
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