Writs of Possession in Richmond, VA?

[Matthew Maggy]

I've got a tenant who hasn't paid rent since before the pandemic and has been riding the wave of eviction moratorium since last January. Our portfolio can take it so we are doing okay but it's putting a major damper on our plans.

We finally (after getting our court date pushed out twice) got the judgement but the City isn't issuing writs of possession to get her out.

My understanding is that the federal moratorium only applied to unpaid rent. Since our judgement was for unpaid rent, the City of Richmond hasn't issued a write of possession.

Since she has overstayed her lease, we could take her to court again for that and then apply for a write of possession based on that judgement but I'm curious:

Has anyone here investing in Richmond, VA been able to evict based on issues other than non-payment of rent? Or is the court is just not issuing any writs of possession for any reason.

I don't want to go through the rigamarole of another filing if they aren't issuing any for any reason.