Virginia Garnishment Law Info

Virginia courts have jurisdiction over people and businesses located in Virginia. So it is easy for a Virginia court to garnish your bank account if that bank has a location in Virginia. (It's the location of the bank, NOT the location of the account, that matters. Maybe you opened an account at Bank of America when you lived in Maryland. A Virginia court can easily garnish that account, because Bank of America also has banks located in Virginia.) It's very hard--I can't say

Change bank! The first thing when you get a bank garnishment is change banks.