Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Virginia

Re: warrant in debt (civil claim for money)

No, the warrant in debt is not a warrant for your arrest. Rather it's Virginia's version of a kind of civil complaint filed with the general district court, alleging that you owe someone or some entity money. But, yes, if the TV rental company succeeds in obtaining a default judgment against you because you fail to appear for the scheduled hearing, the judgment could then be subsequently enforced through the garnishment of your wages or the seizure of your bank account(s)---or both, if your judgment creditor happened to get lucky with its "enforcement/collection stick".