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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 561 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. Unfortunately, the 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1978, chapter 670; in 1990, chapter 263; in 1991, chapter 672; in 2009, chapter 148<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":71702,"section_number":"12.1-19.1","catch_line":"Service of process on the Clerk of the State Corporation Commission as statutory agent","order_by":null,"url":"\/12.1-19.1\/"},{"id":79232,"section_number":"13.1-759","catch_line":"Application for certificate of authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-759\/"},{"id":57087,"section_number":"13.1-767","catch_line":"Withdrawal of foreign corporation","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-767\/"}],"permalink":{"id":150123,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86515,"identifier":"13.1-566","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-566","url":"\/13.1-566\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-566\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-566","dublin_core":{"Title":"Service of process on nonresident franchisor","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-566","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every nonresident franchisor who has a franchise registered hereunder and which is not a corporation complying with \u00a7 13.1-759<\/a> or \u00a7 13.1-767<\/a> shall appoint in writing the clerk of the Commission as his agent upon whom may be served any process, notice, order<\/span> or demand. Every nonresident franchisor who sells or offers to sell a franchise registered hereunder and every nonresident franchisor whose franchise is sold or offered to be sold in this Commonwealth shall be deemed to have appointed the clerk of the Commission as his agent upon whom may be served, in any matter arising under this chapter any process, notice, order<\/span> or demand. Service may be made on the clerk in accordance with \u00a7 12.1-19.1<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSERVICE OF PROCESS ON NONRESIDENT FRANCHISOR (\u00a7 13.1-566)\n\nEvery nonresident franchisor who has a franchise registered hereunder and which\nis not a corporation complying with \u00a7 13.1-759 or \u00a7 13.1-767 shall appoint in\nwriting the clerk of the Commission as his agent upon whom may be served any\nprocess, notice, order or demand. Every nonresident franchisor who sells or\noffers to sell a franchise registered hereunder and every nonresident franchisor\nwhose franchise is sold or offered to be sold in this Commonwealth shall be\ndeemed to have appointed the clerk of the Commission as his agent upon whom may\nbe served, in any matter arising under this chapter any process, notice, order\nor demand. Service may be made on the clerk in accordance with \u00a7 12.1-19.1.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 561; 1978, c. 670; 1990, c. 263; 1991, c. 672; 2009, c. 148.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}