{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/38.2-814.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/38.2-814.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/38.2-814.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/38.2-814.html"}],"law_id":78784,"edition_id":1,"section_id":78784,"structure_id":15273,"section_number":"38.2-814","catch_line":"How process or notice served","history":"2012, cc. 734, 735.","full_text":"Service of process 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 in the Commonwealth shall be made in the manner prescribed in \u00a7 13.1-758.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":282251,"text":"Service of process 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 in the Commonwealth shall be made in the manner prescribed in \u00a7 13.1-758.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15273,"edition_id":1,"name":"Unlicensed Public Adjusters","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12979,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:53:30","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:53:30","permalink":{"id":218529,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15273,"identifier":"3","token":"38.2\/8\/3","url":"\/38.2\/8\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12979,"edition_id":1,"name":"Service of Process","identifier":"8","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12698,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:06","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:06","permalink":{"id":218475,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12979,"identifier":"8","token":"38.2\/8","url":"\/38.2\/8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12698,"edition_id":1,"name":"Insurance","identifier":"38.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":210661,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12698,"identifier":"38.2","token":"38.2","url":"\/38.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":66268,"structure_id":15273,"section_number":"38.2-812","catch_line":"Definition","url":"\/38.2-812\/","token":"38.2\/8\/3\/38.2-812","metadata":false},{"id":58135,"structure_id":15273,"section_number":"38.2-813","catch_line":"What constitutes appointment of agent for service of process","url":"\/38.2-813\/","token":"38.2\/8\/3\/38.2-813","metadata":false},{"id":78784,"structure_id":15273,"section_number":"38.2-814","catch_line":"How process or notice served","url":"\/38.2-814\/","token":"38.2\/8\/3\/38.2-814","metadata":false},{"id":68937,"structure_id":15273,"section_number":"38.2-815","catch_line":"Other legal service not limited","url":"\/38.2-815\/","token":"38.2\/8\/3\/38.2-815","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":58135,"structure_id":15273,"section_number":"38.2-813","catch_line":"What constitutes appointment of agent for service of process","url":"\/38.2-813\/","token":"38.2\/8\/3\/38.2-813","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":68937,"structure_id":15273,"section_number":"38.2-815","catch_line":"Other legal service not limited","url":"\/38.2-815\/","token":"38.2\/8\/3\/38.2-815","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/38.2-814\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0734\">734<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0735\">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":60493,"section_number":"13.1-758","catch_line":"Consequences of transacting business without authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-758\/"},{"id":58135,"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":218539,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78784,"identifier":"38.2-814","token":"38.2\/8\/3\/38.2-814","url":"\/38.2-814\/","edition_id":1,"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<section><p><span class=\"dictionary\">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&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"What constitutes appointment of agent for service of process\" href=\"\/38.2-813\/\">38.2-813<\/a> in the Commonwealth shall be made in the manner prescribed in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Consequences of transacting business without authority\" href=\"\/13.1-758\/\">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":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}}