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2025 Code of Virginia
Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure
Chapter 8 - Process
Article 1. In General
- § 8.01-285. Definition of certain terms used in this chapter; process, return, statutory agent
- § 8.01-286. Forms of writs
- § 8.01-286.1. Service of process; waiver, duty to save costs, request to waive, how served
- § 8.01-287. How process to be served
- § 8.01-288. Process received in time good though neither served nor accepted
- § 8.01-289. No service of process on Sunday; exceptions
Article 2. How Process Is Issued
- § 8.01-290. Plaintiffs required to furnish full name and last known address of defendants, etc.
- § 8.01-291. Copies to be made
- § 8.01-292. To whom process directed and where executed
Article 3. Who and Where to Serve Process
- § 8.01-293. Authorization to serve process, capias or show cause order; execute writ of possession or eviction and levy upon property
- § 8.01-294. Sheriff to get from clerk's office process and other papers; return of papers; effect of late return
- § 8.01-295. Territorial limits within which sheriff may serve process in his official capacity; process appearing to be duly served
Article 4. Who to Be Served
- § 8.01-296. Manner of serving process upon natural persons
- § 8.01-297. Process on convict defendant
- § 8.01-298. How summons for witness or juror served
- § 8.01-299. How process served on domestic stock corporations, nonstock corporations, and limited liability companies generally
- § 8.01-300. How process served on municipal and county governments and on quasi-governmental entities
- § 8.01-301. How process served on foreign stock or nonstock corporations and foreign limited liability companies generally
- § 8.01-302. Repealed
- § 8.01-303. On whom process served when corporation operated by trustee or receiver
- § 8.01-304. How process served on copartner or partnership, domestic or foreign limited liability partnership, and domestic or foreign limited partnership
- § 8.01-304.1. How process served on a business trust
- § 8.01-305. Process against unincorporated associations or orders, or unincorporated common carriers
- § 8.01-306. Process against unincorporated associations or orders, or unincorporated common carriers; principal office outside Virginia and business transactions in Virginia
- § 8.01-307. Definition of terms "motor vehicle" and "nonresident" in motor vehicle and aircraft accident cases
- § 8.01-308. Service on Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles as agent for nonresident motor vehicle operator
- § 8.01-309. Service on Secretary of Commonwealth as agent of nonresident operator or owner of aircraft
- § 8.01-310. How service made on Commissioner, Secretary, and Clerk; appointment binding
- § 8.01-311. Continuance of action where service made on Commissioner, Secretary, and Clerk
- § 8.01-312. Effect of service on statutory agent; duties of such agent; time for responding to process
- § 8.01-313. Specific addresses for mailing by statutory agent and resident agent
- § 8.01-314. Service on attorney after entry of general appearance by such attorney
- § 8.01-315. Notice to be mailed defendant when service accepted by another
- § 8.01-316. Service by publication; when available
- § 8.01-317. What order of publication to state; how published; when publication in newspaper dispensed with; electronic notice
- § 8.01-318. Within what time after publication case tried or heard; no subsequent publication required
- § 8.01-319. Publication of interim notice
- § 8.01-320. Personal service outside of Virginia
- § 8.01-321. Repealed
- § 8.01-322. Within what time case reheard on petition of party served by publication, and any injustice corrected
- § 8.01-323. In what counties city newspapers deemed published for purpose of legal advertisements
- § 8.01-324. Newspapers that may be used for legal notices and publications
- § 8.01-325. Return by person serving process
- § 8.01-326. Return as proof of service
- § 8.01-326.1. Repealed
- § 8.01-327. Acceptance of service of process
Article 5. Privilege from Civil Arrest
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