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

Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-491, under Chapter 18. Executions and Other Means of Recovery..

Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-491

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.