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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 614 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 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":278847,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59986,"identifier":"8.01-581.013","token":"8.01\/21\/2\/8.01-581.013","url":"\/8.01-581.013\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-581.013\/","token":"8.01\/21\/2\/8.01-581.013","dublin_core":{"Title":"Applications to court","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-581.013","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>An application to the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> under this article shall be by <span class=\"dictionary\">motion<\/span> and shall be heard in the manner and upon the notice provided by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> or rule of <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> for the making and <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">motions<\/span>. 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Unless the parties have agreed otherwise, notice\nof an initial application for an order shall be served in the manner provided by\nlaw for the service of a summons in an action.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, 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}}