Officer may break open dwelling house and levy on property in personal possession of debtor

Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-491
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An officer into whose hands an execution is placed to be levied, may, if need be, break open the outer doors of a dwelling house in the daytime, after having first demanded admittance of the occupant, in order to make a levy, and may also levy on property in the personal possession of the debtor if the same be open to observation. Code 1950, § 8-422; 1977, c. 617.
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