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This is Article 4 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Who to Be Served.” It is part of Chapter 8 “Process”, which is part of Title 8.01 “Civil Remedies and Procedure”.
It’s comprised of the following 34 sections.
§ 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§ 8.01-302 Repealed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