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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 317 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 1952 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1986, chapter 562.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":84413,"section_number":"38.2-803","catch_line":"Alternate method of service","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-803\/"}],"permalink":{"id":218499,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86778,"identifier":"38.2-805","token":"38.2\/8\/1\/38.2-805","url":"\/38.2-805\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-805\/","token":"38.2\/8\/1\/38.2-805","dublin_core":{"Title":"When judgment may be entered","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-805","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment<\/span> based on <span class=\"dictionary\">default<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">appearance<\/span> shall be entered against any <span class=\"dictionary\">defendant<\/span> served pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Alternate method of service\" href=\"\/38.2-803\/\">38.2-803<\/a> until the expiration of thirty days from the date that the <span class=\"dictionary\">affidavit<\/span> of compliance is filed.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED (\u00a7 38.2-805)\n\nNo judgment based on default of appearance shall be entered against any\ndefendant served pursuant to \u00a7 38.2-803 until the expiration of thirty days\nfrom the date that the affidavit of compliance is filed.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 317, \u00a7 38.1-68; 1986, c. 562.","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}}