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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>368962</law_id><section_number>54.1-3938</section_number><catch_line>Service of process in license revocation proceedings</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="118" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="IV">Professions Regulated by the Supreme Court</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="39">Attorneys</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="5" identifier="6">Revocation or Suspension of Licenses; Disbarment Proceedings</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If personal <span class="dictionary">service of process</span> cannot be had upon the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> in license <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> proceedings, proceedings may be had by <span class="dictionary">order</span> of publication on proper <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 54-76; 1987, c. 567; 1988, c. 765.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
