CODE OF VIRGINIA CONTINUANCE OF ACTION WHERE SERVICE MADE ON COMMISSIONER OR SECRETARY (§ 8.01-311) 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. HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-67.3; 1954, c. 547; 1977, c. 617.