{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/8.01-299.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/8.01-299.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/8.01-299.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/8.01-299.html"}],"law_id":76632,"edition_id":1,"section_id":76632,"structure_id":13354,"section_number":"8.01-299","catch_line":"How process served on domestic stock corporations, nonstock corporations, and limited liability companies generally","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 8-59; 1954, c. 23; 1956, c. 432; 1958, c. 13; 1976, c. 395; 1977, c. 617; 1991, c. 672; 2005, c. 866; 2016, c. 270; 2018, c. 475; 2024, c. 454.","full_text":"Except as prescribed in \u00a7 8.01-300 as to municipal and quasi-governmental corporations, and subject to \u00a7 8.01-286.1, process may be served on a domestic stock corporation, nonstock corporation, or limited liability company created by the laws of the Commonwealth as follows:\n\n1\n\nBy personal service on any officer, director, or registered agent of any such corporation or on the registered agent of such limited liability company;2\n\nBy substituted service on stock corporations in accordance with § 13.1-637, on nonstock corporations in accordance with § 13.1-836, and on limited liability companies in accordance with § 13.1-1018; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 10 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 1954, chapter 23; in 1956, chapter 432; in 1958, chapter 13; in 1976, chapter 395; in 1977, chapter 617; in 1991, chapter 672; in 2005, chapter 866<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 270<\/a>; in 2018, chapter 475<\/a>; in 2024, chapter 454<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":76435,"section_number":"19.2-238","catch_line":"Summons against corporation; proceedings; expense of publication","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-238\/"},{"id":65160,"section_number":"19.2-386.3","catch_line":"Notice of seizure for forfeiture and notice of motion for judgment","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-386.3\/"},{"id":56320,"section_number":"8.01-126","catch_line":"Summons for unlawful detainer issued by magistrate or clerk or judge of a general district court","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-126\/"},{"id":82871,"section_number":"8.01-286.1","catch_line":"Service of process; waiver, duty to save costs, request to waive, how served","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-286.1\/"},{"id":62573,"section_number":"8.01-300","catch_line":"How process served on municipal and county governments and on quasi-governmental entities","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-300\/"},{"id":86882,"section_number":"8.01-424.1","catch_line":"Settlement of third-party action; deemed consent by employer","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-424.1\/"},{"id":71819,"section_number":"8.01-513","catch_line":"Service upon corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, or financial institution","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-513\/"},{"id":65526,"section_number":"8.01-550","catch_line":"How attachment levied","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-550\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":65877,"section_number":"13.1-1018","catch_line":"Service on limited liability company","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-1018\/"},{"id":87478,"section_number":"13.1-637","catch_line":"Service on corporation","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-637\/"},{"id":58698,"section_number":"13.1-836","catch_line":"Service on corporation","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-836\/"},{"id":82871,"section_number":"8.01-286.1","catch_line":"Service of process; waiver, duty to save costs, request to waive, how served","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-286.1\/"},{"id":57169,"section_number":"8.01-296","catch_line":"Manner of serving process upon natural persons","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-296\/"},{"id":62573,"section_number":"8.01-300","catch_line":"How process served on municipal and county governments and on quasi-governmental entities","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-300\/"}],"permalink":{"id":281543,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76632,"identifier":"8.01-299","token":"8.01\/8\/4\/8.01-299","url":"\/8.01-299\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-299\/","token":"8.01\/8\/4\/8.01-299","dublin_core":{"Title":"How process served on domestic stock corporations, nonstock corporations, and limited liability companies generally","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-299","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Except as prescribed in \u00a7 8.01-300<\/a> as to municipal and quasi-governmental corporations, and subject to \u00a7 8.01-286.1<\/a>, process may be served on a domestic stock corporation, nonstock corporation, or limited liability company created by the laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth as follows:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> By personal service on any officer, director, or registered agent of any such corporation or on the registered agent of such limited liability company; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> By substituted service on stock corporations in accordance with § 13.1-637<\/a>, on nonstock corporations in accordance with § 13.1-836<\/a>, and on limited liability companies in accordance with § 13.1-1018<\/a>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> If the address of the registered office of the corporation or limited liability company is a single-family residential dwelling, by substituted service on the registered agent of the corporation or limited liability company in the manner provided by subdivision 2 of § 8.01-296<\/a>.\n\t\t\tThis section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, of serving a domestic stock or nonstock corporation or limited liability company. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW PROCESS SERVED ON DOMESTIC STOCK CORPORATIONS, NONSTOCK CORPORATIONS, AND\nLIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES GENERALLY (\u00a7 8.01-299)\n\nExcept as prescribed in \u00a7 8.01-300 as to municipal and quasi-governmental\ncorporations, and subject to \u00a7 8.01-286.1, process may be served on a domestic\nstock corporation, nonstock corporation, or limited liability company created by\nthe laws of the Commonwealth as follows:\n\n1. By personal service on any officer, director, or registered agent of any such\ncorporation or on the registered agent of such limited liability company;\n\n2. By substituted service on stock corporations in accordance with §\n13.1-637, on nonstock corporations in accordance with § 13.1-836, and on\nlimited liability companies in accordance with § 13.1-1018; or\n\n3. If the address of the registered office of the corporation or limited\nliability company is a single-family residential dwelling, by substituted\nservice on the registered agent of the corporation or limited liability company\nin the manner provided by subdivision 2 of § 8.01-296.\n\t\t\tThis section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required\nmeans, of serving a domestic stock or nonstock corporation or limited liability\ncompany.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-59; 1954, c. 23; 1956, c. 432; 1958, c. 13; 1976, c.\n395; 1977, c. 617; 1991, c. 672; 2005, c. 866; 2016, c. 270; 2018, c. 475; 2024,\nc. 454.","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}}