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2022 Code of Virginia
Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure
Chapter 27 - Virginia Prisoner Litigation Reform Act
§ 8.01-694. Service of process; time for response
Universal Citation: VA Code § 8.01-694 (2022)
In any action in which any defendant is the Commonwealth or one of its officers, employees, or agents, upon the grant of in forma pauperis status or receipt of the filing fee and costs, the court shall serve the Office of the Attorney General with a copy of the motion for judgment and all necessary supporting papers. The Office of the Attorney General shall have no fewer than thirty days from receipt in which to file responsive pleadings. The prisoner's failure to state his claims in a written motion for judgment plainly stating facts sufficient to support his cause of action, accompanied by all necessary supporting documentation, may be grounds for dismissal of the action.
2002, c. 871; 2009, c. 372.
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