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This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 734<\/a> and 735<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":346939,"section_number":"13.1-758","catch_line":"Consequences of transacting business without authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-758\/"},{"id":363003,"section_number":"38.2-813","catch_line":"What constitutes appointment of agent for service of process","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-813\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1445541,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363004,"identifier":"38.2-814","token":"38.2\/8\/3\/38.2-814","url":"\/38.2-814\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-814\/","token":"38.2\/8\/3\/38.2-814","dublin_core":{"Title":"How process or notice served","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-814","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Service of process<\/span> or notice upon any unlicensed public adjuster in any suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or in connection with the acts enumerated in \u00a7 38.2-813<\/a> in the Commonwealth shall be made in the manner prescribed in \u00a7 13.1-758<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW PROCESS OR NOTICE SERVED (\u00a7 38.2-814)\n\nService of process or notice upon any unlicensed public adjuster in any suit,\naction, or proceeding arising out of or in connection with the acts enumerated\nin \u00a7 38.2-813 in the Commonwealth shall be made in the manner prescribed in \u00a7\n13.1-758.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, cc. 734, 735.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}