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Such order of publication shall be published once each week for four successive weeks in such newspaper as the court may prescribe, or, if none be so prescribed, as the clerk may direct, and shall be posted at the front door of the courthouse wherein the court is held; also a copy of such order of publication shall be mailed to each of the defendants at the post office address given in the affidavit required by \u00a7 8.01-316. The clerk shall cause copies of the order to be so posted, mailed, and transmitted to the designated newspaper within 20 days after the entry of the order of publication. Upon completion of such publication, the clerk shall file a certificate in the papers of the case that the requirements of this section have been complied with. The court may, in any case where deemed proper, dispense with such publication in a newspaper or may order that appropriate notice be given by electronic means, under such terms and conditions as the court may direct, either in addition to or in lieu of publication in a newspaper, provided that such electronic notice is reasonably calculated, under all circumstances, to apprise interested parties of the pendency of the action and afford them an opportunity to present their objections. The cost of such publication or notice shall be paid by the petitioner or applicant. Costs in proceedings to enforce tax liens of a locality shall be recovered according to the provisions of Article 4 (\u00a7 58.1-3965 et seq.) of Chapter 39 of Title 58.1.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":213255,"text":"Except in condemnation actions, every order of publication shall give the abbreviated style of the suit, state briefly its object, and require the defendants, or unknown parties, against whom it is entered to appear and protect their interests on or before the date stated in the order which shall be no sooner than 50 days after entry of the order of publication. Such order of publication shall be published once each week for four successive weeks in such newspaper as the court may prescribe, or, if none be so prescribed, as the clerk may direct, and shall be posted at the front door of the courthouse wherein the court is held; also a copy of such order of publication shall be mailed to each of the defendants at the post office address given in the affidavit required by \u00a7 8.01-316. The clerk shall cause copies of the order to be so posted, mailed, and transmitted to the designated newspaper within 20 days after the entry of the order of publication. Upon completion of such publication, the clerk shall file a certificate in the papers of the case that the requirements of this section have been complied with. The court may, in any case where deemed proper, dispense with such publication in a newspaper or may order that appropriate notice be given by electronic means, under such terms and conditions as the court may direct, either in addition to or in lieu of publication in a newspaper, provided that such electronic notice is reasonably calculated, under all circumstances, to apprise interested parties of the pendency of the action and afford them an opportunity to present their objections. The cost of such publication or notice shall be paid by the petitioner or applicant. Costs in proceedings to enforce tax liens of a locality shall be recovered according to the provisions of Article 4 (\u00a7 58.1-3965 et seq.) of Chapter 39 of Title 58.1.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13354,"edition_id":1,"name":"Who to Be Served","identifier":"4","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13353,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:42","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:42","permalink":{"id":281529,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13354,"identifier":"4","token":"8.01\/8\/4","url":"\/8.01\/8\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13353,"edition_id":1,"name":"Process","identifier":"8","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12747,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:42","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:42","permalink":{"id":281473,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13353,"identifier":"8","token":"8.01\/8","url":"\/8.01\/8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12747,"edition_id":1,"name":"Civil Remedies and Procedure","identifier":"8.01","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":277029,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12747,"identifier":"8.01","token":"8.01","url":"\/8.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":57169,"structure_id":13354,"section_number":"8.01-296","catch_line":"Manner of serving process upon natural persons","url":"\/8.01-296\/","token":"8.01\/8\/4\/8.01-296","metadata":false},{"id":84916,"structure_id":13354,"section_number":"8.01-297","catch_line":"Process on convict defendant","url":"\/8.01-297\/","token":"8.01\/8\/4\/8.01-297","metadata":false},{"id":74903,"structure_id":13354,"section_number":"8.01-298","catch_line":"How summons for witness or juror served","url":"\/8.01-298\/","token":"8.01\/8\/4\/8.01-298","metadata":false},{"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","url":"\/8.01-299\/","token":"8.01\/8\/4\/8.01-299","metadata":false},{"id":62573,"structure_id":13354,"section_number":"8.01-300","catch_line":"How process served on municipal and county governments and on quasi-governmental entities","url":"\/8.01-300\/","token":"8.01\/8\/4\/8.01-300","metadata":false},{"id":80689,"structure_id":13354,"section_number":"8.01-301","catch_line":"How process served on foreign stock or nonstock corporations and foreign limited liability companies generally","url":"\/8.01-301\/","token":"8.01\/8\/4\/8.01-301","metadata":false},{"id":57428,"structure_id":13354,"section_number":"8.01-302","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/8.01-302\/","token":"8.01\/8\/4\/8.01-302","metadata":false},{"id":60079,"structure_id":13354,"section_number":"8.01-303","catch_line":"On whom process served when corporation operated by trustee or receiver","url":"\/8.01-303\/","token":"8.01\/8\/4\/8.01-303","metadata":false},{"id":74972,"structure_id":13354,"section_number":"8.01-304","catch_line":"How process served on copartner or partnership, domestic or foreign limited liability partnership, and domestic or foreign limited partnership","url":"\/8.01-304\/","token":"8.01\/8\/4\/8.01-304","metadata":false},{"id":57093,"structure_id":13354,"section_number":"8.01-304.1","catch_line":"How process served on a business trust","url":"\/8.01-304.1\/","token":"8.01\/8\/4\/8.01-304.1","metadata":false},{"id":86653,"structure_id":13354,"section_number":"8.01-305","catch_line":"Process against unincorporated associations or orders, or unincorporated common carriers","url":"\/8.01-305\/","token":"8.01\/8\/4\/8.01-305","metadata":false},{"id":54446,"structure_id":13354,"section_number":"8.01-306","catch_line":"Process against unincorporated associations or orders, or unincorporated common carriers; principal office outside Virginia and business transactions in Virginia","url":"\/8.01-306\/","token":"8.01\/8\/4\/8.01-306","metadata":false},{"id":71881,"structure_id":13354,"section_number":"8.01-307","catch_line":"Definition of terms \"motor vehicle\" and \"nonresident\" in motor vehicle and aircraft accident cases","url":"\/8.01-307\/","token":"8.01\/8\/4\/8.01-307","metadata":false},{"id":61678,"structure_id":13354,"section_number":"8.01-308","catch_line":"Service on Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles as agent for nonresident motor vehicle operator","url":"\/8.01-308\/","token":"8.01\/8\/4\/8.01-308","metadata":false},{"id":61128,"structure_id":13354,"section_number":"8.01-309","catch_line":"Service on Secretary of Commonwealth as agent of nonresident operator or owner of aircraft","url":"\/8.01-309\/","token":"8.01\/8\/4\/8.01-309","metadata":false},{"id":84659,"structure_id":13354,"section_number":"8.01-310","catch_line":"How service made on Commissioner, Secretary, and Clerk; 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It has been modified 5 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 1977, chapter 617; in 1982, chapter 384; in 1996, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0352\">352<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0710\">710<\/a>; in 2020, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0159\">159<\/a>; in 2025, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?251+ful+CHAP0267\">267<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":86498,"section_number":"16.1-105","catch_line":"Attachments","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-105\/"},{"id":73490,"section_number":"16.1-277.01","catch_line":"Approval of entrustment agreement","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-277.01\/"},{"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":55965,"section_number":"19.2-386.9","catch_line":"Appearance by owner or lien holder","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-386.9\/"},{"id":56615,"section_number":"20-146.7","catch_line":"Notice to persons outside state","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-146.7\/"},{"id":58072,"section_number":"62.1-107","catch_line":"Application for leave to store floodwaters; notice to interested persons and to State Water Control Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-107\/"},{"id":68725,"section_number":"64.2-1406","catch_line":"Notice required; certain substitutions validated","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-1406\/"},{"id":80689,"section_number":"8.01-301","catch_line":"How process served on foreign stock or nonstock corporations and foreign limited liability companies generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-301\/"},{"id":54446,"section_number":"8.01-306","catch_line":"Process against unincorporated associations or orders, or unincorporated common carriers; principal office outside Virginia and business transactions in Virginia","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-306\/"},{"id":54333,"section_number":"8.01-318","catch_line":"Within what time after publication case tried or heard; no subsequent publication required","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-318\/"},{"id":55282,"section_number":"8.01-394","catch_line":"How contents of any such lost record, etc., proved","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-394\/"},{"id":62879,"section_number":"8.01-455","catch_line":"Court, on motion of defendant, etc., may have payment of judgment entered","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-455\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":70850,"section_number":"58.1-3965","catch_line":"When land may be sold for delinquent taxes; notice of sale; owner's right of redemption","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3965\/"},{"id":66717,"section_number":"8.01-316","catch_line":"Service by publication; when available","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-316\/"}],"permalink":{"id":281619,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58190,"identifier":"8.01-317","token":"8.01\/8\/4\/8.01-317","url":"\/8.01-317\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-317\/","token":"8.01\/8\/4\/8.01-317","dublin_core":{"Title":"What order of publication to state; how published; when publication in newspaper dispensed with; electronic notice","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-317","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Except in condemnation <span class=\"dictionary\">actions<\/span>, every <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> of publication shall give the abbreviated style of the <span class=\"dictionary\">suit<\/span>, state briefly its <span class=\"dictionary\">object<\/span>, and require the <span class=\"dictionary\">defendants<\/span>, or unknown parties, against whom it is entered to appear and protect their interests on or before the date stated in the <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> which shall be no sooner than 50 days after entry of the <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> of publication. Such <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> of publication shall be published once each week for four successive weeks in such newspaper as the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> may prescribe, or, if none be so prescribed, as the clerk may direct, and shall be posted at the front door of the courthouse wherein the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> is held; also a copy of such <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> of publication shall be mailed to each of the <span class=\"dictionary\">defendants<\/span> at the post office address given in the <span class=\"dictionary\">affidavit<\/span> required by \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Service by publication; when available\" href=\"\/8.01-316\/\">8.01-316<\/a>. The clerk shall cause copies of the <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> to be so posted, mailed, and transmitted to the designated newspaper within 20 days after the entry of the <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> of publication. Upon completion of such publication, the clerk shall file a certificate in the papers of the case that the requirements of this section have been complied with. The <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> may, in any case where deemed proper, dispense with such publication in a newspaper or may <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> that appropriate notice be given by electronic means, under such terms and conditions as the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> may direct, either in addition to or in lieu of publication in a newspaper, provided that such electronic notice is reasonably calculated, under all circumstances, to apprise interested parties of the pendency of the <span class=\"dictionary\">action<\/span> and afford them an opportunity to present their objections. The cost of such publication or notice shall be paid by the petitioner or applicant. Costs in proceedings to enforce tax <span class=\"dictionary\">liens<\/span> of a locality shall be recovered according to the provisions of Article 4 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"When land may be sold for delinquent taxes; notice of sale; owner&#039;s right of redemption\" href=\"\/58.1-3965\/\">58.1-3965<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 39 of Title 58.1.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHAT ORDER OF PUBLICATION TO STATE; HOW PUBLISHED; WHEN PUBLICATION IN NEWSPAPER\nDISPENSED WITH; ELECTRONIC NOTICE (\u00a7 8.01-317)\n\nExcept in condemnation actions, every order of publication shall give the\nabbreviated style of the suit, state briefly its object, and require the\ndefendants, or unknown parties, against whom it is entered to appear and protect\ntheir interests on or before the date stated in the order which shall be no\nsooner than 50 days after entry of the order of publication. Such order of\npublication shall be published once each week for four successive weeks in such\nnewspaper as the court may prescribe, or, if none be so prescribed, as the clerk\nmay direct, and shall be posted at the front door of the courthouse wherein the\ncourt is held; also a copy of such order of publication shall be mailed to each\nof the defendants at the post office address given in the affidavit required by\n\u00a7 8.01-316. The clerk shall cause copies of the order to be so posted, mailed,\nand transmitted to the designated newspaper within 20 days after the entry of\nthe order of publication. Upon completion of such publication, the clerk shall\nfile a certificate in the papers of the case that the requirements of this\nsection have been complied with. The court may, in any case where deemed proper,\ndispense with such publication in a newspaper or may order that appropriate\nnotice be given by electronic means, under such terms and conditions as the\ncourt may direct, either in addition to or in lieu of publication in a\nnewspaper, provided that such electronic notice is reasonably calculated, under\nall circumstances, to apprise interested parties of the pendency of the action\nand afford them an opportunity to present their objections. The cost of such\npublication or notice shall be paid by the petitioner or applicant. Costs in\nproceedings to enforce tax liens of a locality shall be recovered according to\nthe provisions of Article 4 (\u00a7 58.1-3965 et seq.) of Chapter 39 of Title 58.1.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-72; 1977, c. 617; 1982, c. 384; 1996, cc. 352, 710;\n2020, c. 159; 2025, c. 267.","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}}