55-237 - Return of execution; process of sale thereunder. - Virginia Statutes

§ 55-237. Return of execution; process of sale thereunder.

The sheriff under writ of execution from the court after hearing and judgmentfor the landlord except when it is otherwise provided by law, shall makereturn on his execution as may be placed in his hands for collection and filethe same, within ninety days after the same may have come to his hands, withthe clerk of the court in which the case was heard. Upon the return of suchexecution such clerk shall preserve such execution in his office as is nowprovided as to other executions. If such return shall show that a levy hasbeen made and that property levied on remains unsold, it shall be lawful forthe clerk of the court in whose office such return is filed to issue a writof venditioni exponas thereon just as if the return were upon writ of fierifacias.

(Code 1919, § 5528; 1930, p. 456; 1962, c. 10; 1975, c. 235; 1980, c. 555.)