Short answer. Yes — if you cannot pay in cash, the Rules give you, the judgment obligor, the option to immediately choose which property or part thereof may be levied upon, sufficient to satisfy the judgment. If you do not exercise that option, the sheriff levies on personal property first, then real property.
What the law says
giving the latter the option to immediately choose which property or part thereof may be levied upon, sufficient to satisfy the judgment
Rule 39, Section 9 — Execution of judgments for money, how enforced. Read the full provision →
Payment comes before levy
Levy is not the sheriff's first move. The rule directs the officer to begin by demanding from the judgment obligor the immediate payment of the full amount stated in the writ of execution and all lawful fees — payable in cash, certified bank check payable to the judgment obligee, or any other form the winning party accepts. Only if the judgment obligor cannot pay all or part of the obligation in those modes does the levy stage begin. So if you can raise the money, paying on demand keeps your property out of the process entirely; levy exists for the debtor who cannot.
Your option — but exercise it immediately
At the levy stage the rule puts the first choice in your hands: the officer levies on your properties giving the latter the option to immediately choose which property or part thereof may be levied upon, sufficient to satisfy the judgment. The word immediately is doing real work — this is a choice to be made on the spot, not one you can reserve for later. Use it deliberately: point the sheriff to assets you can spare so that the property your livelihood or family depends on is not the first thing taken. The choice must still be adequate — property that can be disposed of for value, sufficient to cover the judgment.
The default order, and the sufficiency limit
If you stay silent, the rule chooses for you: the officer shall first levy on the personal properties, if any, and then on the real properties if the personal properties are insufficient. Land comes last. Two protections apply either way. Property not otherwise exempt from execution is the only kind that may be levied at all. And the sheriff may not take more than the debt requires: he must sell only so much of the personal or real property as is sufficient to satisfy the judgment and lawful fees, with any excess proceeds delivered back to you.
Bank accounts and debts owed to you
The judgment may also be satisfied by garnishment — the officer may levy on debts due the judgment obligor and other credits, including bank deposits, held by third parties, and the garnishment shall cover only such amount as will satisfy the judgment and all lawful fees. Even here an element of choice survives: where two or more garnishees hold enough to cover the judgment, the judgment obligor, if available, shall have the right to indicate the garnishee or garnishees who shall be required to deliver the amount due. If you are absent or silent, that choice passes to the winning party.