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§ 8.01-639 How summons directed and served

The writ and a copy of the petition attached thereto may be directed to the sheriff of any county or city and shall be served as in other actions.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1977, chapter 617.

Code 1950, § 8-861; 1977, c. 617.

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