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VA Code § 8.01-288 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-288. Process received in time good though neither served nor accepted

Except for process commencing actions for divorce or annulment of marriage or other actions wherein service of process is specifically prescribed by statute, process which has reached the person to whom it is directed within the time prescribed by law, if any, shall be sufficient although not served or accepted as provided in this chapter.Code 1950, § 8-53; 1977, c. 617; 1987, c. 594; 1988, c. 583.
VA Code § 8.01-289 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-289. No service of process on Sunday; exceptions

No civil process shall be served on Sunday, except in cases of persons escaping out of custody, or where it is otherwise expressly provided by law.Code 1950, § 8-4.2; 1977, c. 617.
VA Code § 8.01-290 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-290. Plaintiffs required to furnish full name and last known address of defendants, etc.

Upon the commencement of every action, the plaintiff shall furnish in writing to the clerk or other issuing officer the full name and last known address of each defendant and if unable to furnish such name and address, he shall furnish such salient facts as are calculated to identify with reasonable certainty such defendant. The clerk or other official whose function it is to issue any such process shall note in the record or in the papers the address or other identifying facts furnished. Failure to comply with the requirements of this section shall not affect the validity of any judgment.Code 1950, § 8-46.1; 1962, c. 10; 1977, c. 617.
VA Code § 8.01-291 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-291. Copies to be made

The clerk issuing any such process unless otherwise directed shall deliver or transmit therewith as many copies thereof as there are persons named therein on whom it is to be served.Code 1950, § 8-57; 1977, c. 617.
VA Code § 8.01-292 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-292. To whom process directed and where executed

Process from any court, whether original, mesne, or final, may be directed to the sheriff of, and may be executed in, any county, city, or town in the Commonwealth.Code 1950, § 8-44; 1954, c. 333; 1977, c. 617.
VA Code § 8.01-293 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-293. Authorization to serve process, capias or show cause order; execute writ of possession or eviction and levy upon property

A. The following persons are authorized to serve process:1. The sheriff within such territorial bounds as described in § 8.01-295;2. Any person of age 18 years or older and who is not a party or otherwise interested in the subject matter in controversy. For purposes of this subdivision, an investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth or employed by the Indigent Defense Commission, who within 10 years immediately prior to being employed by the attorney for the Commonwealth or Indigent Defense Commission was an active law-enforcement officer as defined in § 9.1-101 in the Commonwealth and retired or resigned from his position as a law-enforcement officer in good standing, shall not be considered to be a party or otherwise interested in the subject matter in controversy while engaged in the performance of his official duties, provided that the sheriff in the jurisdiction where process is to be served has agreed that such investigators may serve process. If a sheriff has agreed that such investigators may serve process, then investigators employed by either an attorney for the Commonwealth or the Indigent Defense Commission may serve process. However, in any case in which custody or visitation of a minor child or children is at issue and a summons is issued for the attendance and testimony of a teacher or other school personnel who is not a party to the proceeding, if such summons is served on school property, it shall be served only by a sheriff or his deputy; or3. A private process server. For purposes of this section, "private process server" means any person 18 years of age or older and who is not a party or otherwise interested in the subject matter in controversy, and who charges a fee for service of process.Whenever in this Code the term "officer" or "sheriff" is used to refer to persons authorized to make, return or do any other act relating to service of process, such term shall be deemed to refer to any person authorized by this section to serve process.B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law (i) only a sheriff or high constable may execute an order or writ of possession for personal, real or mixed property, including a writ of eviction arising out of an action in unlawful entry and detainer or ejectment; (ii) any sheriff, high constable or law-enforcement officer as defined in § 9.1-101 of the Code of Virginia may serve any capias or show cause order; and (iii) only a sheriff, the high constable for the City of Norfolk or Virginia Beach or a treasurer may levy upon property.Code 1950, §§ 8-52, 8-54; 1954, c. 543; 1960, c. 16; 1968, c. 484; 1977, c. 617; 1981, c. 110; 1986, c. 275; 1996, cc. 501, 608; 1997, c. 820; 2002, c. 342; 2004, cc. 210, 588; 2011, c. 766; 2018, c. 238; 2019, cc. 180, 700.
VA Code § 8.01-294 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-294. Sheriff to get from clerk's office process and other papers; return of papers; effect of late return

Every sheriff who attends a court shall, every day when the clerk's office is open for business, go to such office and receive all process, and other papers to be served by him, and give receipts therefor, unless he has received notice from a regular employee of the clerk's office that there are no such papers requiring service and shall return all papers within 72 hours of service, except when such returns would be due on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. In such case, the return is due on the next day following such Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.Failure to make return of service of process by anyone authorized to serve process under § 8.01-293 within the time specified in this section shall not invalidate any service of process or any judgment based thereon. In the event a late return prejudices a party or interferes with the court's administration of a case, the court may, in its discretion, continue the case, require additional or substitute service of process, or take such other action or enter such order as the court deems appropriate under the circumstances.Code 1950, § 8-49; 1954, c. 545; 1977, c. 617; 1978, c. 831; 2002, c. 65; 2004, c. 627.
VA Code § 8.01-295 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-295. Territorial limits within which sheriff may serve process in his official capacity; process appearing to be duly served

The sheriff may execute such process throughout the political subdivision in which he serves and in any contiguous county or city. If the process appears to be duly served, and is good in other respects, it shall be deemed valid although not directed to an officer, or if directed to any officer, though executed by some other person. This section shall not be construed to require the sheriff to serve such process in any jurisdiction other than in his own.Code 1950, § 8-50; 1977, c. 617; 1982, c. 674.
VA Code § 8.01-297 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-297. Process on convict defendant

In all actions against one who has been convicted of a felony and is confined in a local or regional jail or State correctional institution, process shall be served on such convict and, subject to § 8.01-9, a guardian ad litem shall be appointed for him. Such service may be effected by delivery to the officer in charge of such jail or institution whose duty it shall be to deliver forthwith such process to the convict.Code 1950, § 8-55; 1954, c. 543; 1977, c. 617.
VA Code § 8.01-298 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-298. How summons for witness or juror served

In addition to the manner of service on natural persons prescribed in § 8.01-296, a summons for a witness or for a juror may be served:1. At his or her usual place of business or employment during business hours, by delivering a copy thereof and giving information of its purport to the person found there in charge of such business or place of employment; or2. In the case of a juror, by mailing a summons to the person being served, at least seven days prior to the day he is summoned to appear.Code 1950, § 8-58; 1954, c. 366; 1973, c. 439; 1977, c. 617; 1979, c. 444.
VA Code § 8.01-299 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-299. How process served on domestic corporations and limited liability companies generally

Except as prescribed in § 8.01-300 as to municipal and quasi-governmental corporations, and subject to § 8.01-286.1, process may be served on a corporation or limited liability company created by the laws of the Commonwealth as follows:1. By personal service on any officer, director, or registered agent of such corporation or on the registered agent of such limited liability company;2. By substituted service on stock corporations in accordance with § 13.1-637, on nonstock corporations in accordance with § 13.1-836, and on limited liability companies in accordance with § 13.1-1018; or3. If the address of the registered office of the corporation or limited liability company is a single-family residential dwelling, by substituted service on the registered agent of the corporation or limited liability company in the manner provided by subdivision 2 of § 8.01-296.Code 1950, § 8-59; 1954, c. 23; 1956, c. 432; 1958, c. 13; 1976, c. 395; 1977, c. 617; 1991, c. 672; 2005, c. 866; 2016, c. 270; 2018, c. 475.
VA Code § 8.01-300 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-300. How process served on municipal and county governments and on quasi-governmental entities

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 8.01-299 for service of process on other domestic corporations, process shall be served on municipal and county governments and quasi-governmental bodies or agencies in the following manner:1. If the case be against a city or a town, on its city or town attorney in those cities or towns which have created such a position, otherwise on its mayor, manager or trustee of such town or city; and2. If the case be against a county, on its county attorney in those counties which have created such a position, otherwise on its attorney for the Commonwealth; and3. If the case be against any political subdivision, or any other public governmental entity created by the laws of the Commonwealth and subject to suit as an entity separate from the Commonwealth, then on the director, commissioner, chief administrative officer, attorney, or any member of the governing body of such entity; and4. If the case be against a supervisor, county officer, employee, or agent of the county board, arising out of official actions of such supervisor, officer, employee, or agent, then, in addition to the person named defendant in the case, on the county attorney, if the county has a county attorney, and if there is no county attorney, on the clerk of the county board.Service under this section may be made by leaving a copy with the person in charge of the office of any officer designated in subdivisions 1 through 4.Code 1950, § 8-59; 1954, c. 23; 1956, c. 432; 1958, c. 13; 1976, c. 395; 1977, c. 617; 1980, c. 732; 1985, c. 416; 2018, c. 474.
VA Code § 8.01-301 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-301. How process served on foreign corporations generally

Subject to § 8.01-286.1, service of process on a foreign corporation may be effected in the following manner:1. By personal service on any officer, director or on the registered agent of a foreign corporation which is authorized to do business in the Commonwealth, and by personal service on any agent of a foreign corporation transacting business in the Commonwealth without such authorization, wherever any such officer, director, or agents be found within the Commonwealth;2. By substituted service on a foreign corporation in accordance with §§ 13.1-766 and 13.1-928, if such corporation is authorized to transact business or affairs within the Commonwealth;3. By substituted service on a foreign corporation in accordance with § 8.01-329 or by service in accordance with § 8.01-320, where jurisdiction is authorized under § 8.01-328.1, regardless of whether such foreign corporation is authorized to transact business within the Commonwealth; or4. By order of publication in accordance with §§ 8.01-316 and 8.01-317 where jurisdiction in rem or quasi in rem is authorized, regardless of whether the foreign corporation so served is authorized to transact business within the Commonwealth.This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, of serving a foreign corporation.Code 1950, § 8-60; 1977, c. 617; 1991, c. 672; 2005, c. 866; 2013, c. 113.
VA Code § 8.01-303 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-303. On whom process served when corporation operated by trustee or receiver

Subject to § 8.01-286.1, when any corporation is operated by a trustee or by a receiver appointed by any court, in any action against such corporation, process may be served on its trustee or receiver; and if there is more than one such trustee or receiver, then service may be on any one of them. In the event that no service of process may be had on any such trustee or receiver, then process may be served by any other mode of service upon corporations authorized by this chapter.Code 1950, § 8-64; 1977, c. 617; 2005, c. 866.
VA Code § 8.01-304 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-304. How process served on copartner or partnership

Subject to § 8.01-286.1, process against a copartner or partnership may be served upon a general partner, and it shall be deemed service upon the partnership and upon each partner individually named in the action, provided the person served is not a plaintiff in the suit and provided the matter in suit is a partnership matter.Provided further that process may be served upon a limited partner in any proceeding to enforce a limited partner's liability to the partnership.Code 1950, § 8-59.1; 1950, p. 455; 1977, c. 617; 2005, c. 866.
VA Code § 8.01-305 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-305. Process against unincorporated associations or orders, or unincorporated common carriers

Subject to § 8.01-286.1, process against an unincorporated (i) association, (ii) order, or (iii) common carrier, may be served on any officer, trustee, director, staff member or other agent.Code 1950, §§ 8-66, 8-67; 1962, c. 250; 1977, c. 617; 2005, c. 866.
VA Code § 8.01-306 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-306. Process against unincorporated associations or orders, or unincorporated common carriers; principal office outside Virginia and business transactions in Virginia

Subject to § 8.01-286.1, if an unincorporated (i) association, (ii) order, or (iii) common carrier has its principal office outside Virginia and transacts business or affairs in the Commonwealth, process may be served on any officer, trustee, director, staff member, or agent of such association, order, or carrier in the city or county in which he may be found or on the clerk of the State Corporation Commission, who shall be deemed by virtue of such transaction of business or affairs in the Commonwealth to have been appointed statutory agent of such association, order, or carrier upon whom may be made service of process in accordance with § 12.1-19.1. Service, when duly made, shall constitute sufficient foundation for a personal judgment against such association, order or carrier. If service may not be had as aforesaid, then on affidavit of that fact an order of publication may be awarded as provided by §§ 8.01-316 and 8.01-317.Code 1950, § 8-66.1; 1962, c. 250; 1977, c. 617; 1991, c. 672; 2005, c. 866.
VA Code § 8.01-307 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-307. Definition of terms "motor vehicle" and "nonresident" in motor vehicle and aircraft accident cases

For the purpose of §§ 8.01-308 through 8.01-313:1. The term "motor vehicle" shall mean every vehicle which is self-propelled or designed for self-propulsion and every vehicle drawn by or designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle and includes every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or can be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved by human or animal power and devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.2. The term "nonresident" includes any person who, though a resident of the Commonwealth when the accident or collision specified in § 8.01-308 or § 8.01-309 occurred, has been continuously outside the Commonwealth for at least sixty days next preceding the date when process is left with the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles or the Secretary of the Commonwealth and includes any person against whom an order of publication may be issued under the provisions of § 8.01-316.Code 1950, § 8-67.1; 1950, p. 620; 1952, c. 681; 1956, c. 64; 1966, c. 518; 1977, c. 617.
VA Code § 8.01-308 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-308. Service on Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles as agent for nonresident motor vehicle operator

Any operation in the Commonwealth of a motor vehicle by a nonresident, including those nonresidents defined in subdivision 2 of § 8.01-307, either in person or by an agent or employee, shall be deemed equivalent to an appointment by such nonresident of the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, and his successors in office, to be the attorney or statutory agent of such nonresident for the purpose of service of process in any action against him growing out of any accident or collision in which such nonresident, his agent, or his employee may be involved while operating motor vehicles in this Commonwealth. Acceptance by a nonresident of the rights and privileges conferred by Article 5 (§ 46.2-655 et seq.) of Chapter 6 of Title 46.2 shall have the same effect under this section as the operation of such motor vehicle, by such nonresident, his agent, or his employee.Code 1950, § 8-67.1; 1950, p. 620; 1952, c. 681; 1956, c. 64; 1966, c. 518; 1977, c. 617.
VA Code § 8.01-309 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-309. Service on Secretary of Commonwealth as agent of nonresident operator or owner of aircraft

Any nonresident owner or operator of any aircraft that is operated over and above the land and waters of the Commonwealth or uses aviation facilities within the Commonwealth, shall by such operation and use appoint the Secretary of the Commonwealth as his statutory agent for the service of process in any action against him growing out of any accident or collision occurring within or above the Commonwealth in which such aircraft is involved.Code 1950, § 8-67.4; 1952, c. 384; 1954, c. 333; 1977, c. 617.
VA Code § 8.01-310 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-310. How service made on Commissioner and Secretary; appointment binding

A. Service of process on either the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles as authorized under § 8.01-308 or on the Secretary of the Commonwealth as authorized under § 8.01-309 shall be made by the plaintiff or his agent or the sheriff leaving a copy of such process together with the fee for service of process on parties, in the amount prescribed in § 2.2-409, for each party to be thus served, in the hands, or in the office, of the Commissioner or the Secretary, and such service shall be sufficient upon the nonresident and shall be effective on the date when service is made on the Commissioner or the Secretary. All fees collected by the Commissioner pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be paid into the state treasury and shall be set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the expenses of the Department of Motor Vehicles.B. Appointment of the Commissioner or Secretary as attorney or agent for the service of process on a nonresident under § 8.01-308 or 8.01-309 shall be irrevocable and binding upon the executor or other personal representative of such nonresident:1. Where a nonresident has died before the commencement of an action against him regarding an accident or collision under § 8.01-308 or 8.01-309 shall be irrevocable and binding upon the executor or other personal representative of such nonresident; or2. Where a nonresident dies after the commencement of an action against him regarding an accident or collision under § 8.01-308 or 8.01-309, the action shall continue and shall be irrevocable and binding upon his executor, administrator, or other personal representative with such additional notice of the pendency of the action as the court deems proper.Code 1950, §§ 8-67.2, 8-67.4; 1952, c. 384; 1954, c. 333; 1970, c. 680; 1972, c. 408; 1976, c. 26; 1977, c. 617; 1987, c. 696; 1992, c. 459; 2000, c. 579; 2013, c. 113.
VA Code § 8.01-311 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-311. Continuance of action where service made on Commissioner or Secretary

The court, in which an action is pending against a nonresident growing out of an accident or collision as specified in §§ 8.01-308 and 8.01-309, may order such continuances as necessary to afford such nonresident reasonable opportunity to defend the action.Code 1950, § 8-67.3; 1954, c. 547; 1977, c. 617.
VA Code § 8.01-312 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure|Chapter 8 - Process|§ 8.01-312. Effect of service on statutory agent; duties of such agent

A. Service of process on the statutory agent shall have the same legal force and validity as if served within the Commonwealth personally upon the person for whom it is intended. It shall be the duty of the statutory agent to:1. Provide a receipt to a party seeking service who serves process on the statutory agent by hand delivery or any other method that does not provide a return of service or other means showing the date on which service on the statutory agent was accomplished. The party seeking service shall be responsible for filing such receipt in the office of the clerk of court in which the action is pending;2. Forthwith send by registered or certified mail, with return receipt requested, a copy of the process to the person named therein and for whom the statutory agent is receiving the process; and3. File an affidavit of compliance with this section with the papers in the action; this filing shall be made in the office of the clerk of the court in which the action is pending.B. Unless otherwise provided by § 8.01-313 and subject to the provisions of § 8.01-316, the address for the mailing of the process required by this section shall be that as provided by the party seeking service.C. The time for a nonresident to respond to process sent by the statutory agent shall run from the date when the affidavit of compliance is filed in the office of the clerk of the court in which the action is pending.Code 1950, § 8-67.2; 1954, c. 333; 1970, c. 680; 1972, c. 408; 1976, c. 26; 1977, c. 617; 2013, c. 113.