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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 601 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 1954 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 2004, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP0367\">367<\/a>; in 2012, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0614\">614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83020,"section_number":"64.2-1421","catch_line":"What judgment or decree based upon service upon clerk shall specifically adjudicate","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-1421\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":76312,"section_number":"64.2-1419","catch_line":"Execution of fiduciary bond or appointment of agent designates clerk as attorney for service of process","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-1419\/"}],"permalink":{"id":275069,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65660,"identifier":"64.2-1420","token":"64.2\/IV\/A\/14\/1\/64.2-1420","url":"\/64.2-1420\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-1420\/","token":"64.2\/IV\/A\/14\/1\/64.2-1420","dublin_core":{"Title":"Clerk to mail notice, process, or rule to person served","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-1420","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Whenever any notice, process, or rule is served on the clerk of a <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> court pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Execution of fiduciary bond or appointment of agent designates clerk as attorney for service of process\" href=\"\/64.2-1419\/\">64.2-1419<\/a>, the clerk shall mail the notice, process, or rule forthwith by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, to the person thus served, to his last known address as shown by the court papers, the cost thereof to be paid in advance by the person desiring the service. 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In lieu of using\ncertified or registered mail, the clerk of court may also use overnight\ndelivery, with the cost thereof to be paid in advance by the person desiring\nservice.\n\nHISTORY: 1954, c. 601, \u00a7 26-7.2; 2004, c. 367; 2012, c. 614.","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}}