Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Virginia

Re: garnishments

Correction to prior answer: the last sentence should read "and the judgment creditor (rather than judgment debtor) has taken action...

Re: garnishments

Yes, it's possible for a landlord to levy against the bank account of a person against whom the landlord obtained a valid judgment some 10 years ago for unpaid rents(which the judgment debtor has long-forgotten about) and, now, belatedly, finds that his bank account is being levied against for a debt involving unpaid rents that he had long forgotten about. (The foregoing assumes, of course, that the judgment recorded in the general district court is still valid and enforceable within the first ten year period of its viable recordation, or, if that period has in fact expired, that the judgment debtor has taken appropriate action to renew and extend the original judgment for another 10 years.)