Trends in eviction filings:

Virginia

133 of 133 counties/municipalities tracked
558,603
Filings since March 16, 2020
11,488
Filings in August 2025
74.6%
of landlords have representation in court in 2024 (of 137,882 cases disposed)
0.8%
of tenants have representation in court in 2024 (of 137,882 cases disposed)
12,670
cases went to judgment in August 2025
4,595
cases went to default in August 2025

About this state

48%
nationally
(46.74%)
Rent burdened residents
9.9%
(12.75%)
Poverty rate

Eviction Filings and Defaults in Virginia

During the COVID-19 pandemic, there were state-wide moratoria on evictions from March 16, 2020 to May 18, 2020; June 8, 2020 to June 29, 2020; and August 10, 2020 to September 7, 2020.

The CDC moratorium was in place from September 4, 2020 through August 26, 2021.

Please note that these filings counts in recent months are approximately 94% of all filings through the end of September 2021 reported by the courts. The filing rate relative to the historical average is likely higher than the values presented here.

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