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Such corporation may sue and be sued as before for the purpose of collecting debts due to it, prosecuting rights under previous contracts with it, enforcing its liability, and distributing the proceeds of its works, property, and debts among those entitled thereto. Notice to or process against such company, if necessary in any suit or civil proceeding, shall be sufficiently served by publication thereof once a week for four successive weeks in some newspaper published in the county or corporation wherein the suit or proceeding is; or, if there be no newspaper published in such county or corporation, in a newspaper published in some neighboring county or corporation in this Commonwealth, to be designated by the clerk of the court in which such suit or proceeding is.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":285746,"text":"When any public service corporation shall expire or be dissolved, or its corporate rights and privileges shall have ceased, all of its works and property, and debts due to it, shall be subject to the payment of debts due by it, and then to distribution among the members or stockholders, according to their respective interests. 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When any public service corporation<\/span> shall expire or be dissolved, or its corporate rights and privileges<\/span> shall have ceased, all of its works and property, and debts due to it, shall be subject to the payment of debts due by it, and then to distribution among the members or stockholders, according to their respective interests. Such corporation may sue and be sued as before for the purpose of collecting debts due to it, prosecuting rights under previous contracts<\/span> with it, enforcing its liability, and distributing the proceeds of its works, property, and debts among those entitled thereto. Notice to or process against such company<\/span>, if necessary in any suit or civil proceeding, shall be sufficiently served by publication thereof once a week for four successive weeks in some newspaper published in the county or corporation wherein the suit or proceeding is; or, if there be no newspaper published in such county or corporation, in a newspaper published in some neighboring county or corporation in this Commonwealth, to be designated by the clerk of the court<\/span> in which such suit or proceeding is.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF DISSOLUTION OF PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION (\u00a7 56-13)\n\nWhen any public service corporation shall expire or be dissolved, or its\ncorporate rights and privileges shall have ceased, all of its works and\nproperty, and debts due to it, shall be subject to the payment of debts due by\nit, and then to distribution among the members or stockholders, according to\ntheir respective interests. Such corporation may sue and be sued as before for\nthe purpose of collecting debts due to it, prosecuting rights under previous\ncontracts with it, enforcing its liability, and distributing the proceeds of its\nworks, property, and debts among those entitled thereto. Notice to or process\nagainst such company, if necessary in any suit or civil proceeding, shall be\nsufficiently served by publication thereof once a week for four successive weeks\nin some newspaper published in the county or corporation wherein the suit or\nproceeding is; or, if there be no newspaper published in such county or\ncorporation, in a newspaper published in some neighboring county or corporation\nin this Commonwealth, to be designated by the clerk of the court in which such\nsuit or proceeding is.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 3899.","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}}