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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 871<\/a> 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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2009, chapter 372<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":279619,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54951,"identifier":"8.01-694","token":"8.01\/27\/8.01-694","url":"\/8.01-694\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-694\/","token":"8.01\/27\/8.01-694","dublin_core":{"Title":"Service of process; time for response","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-694","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any action in which any defendant<\/span> is the Commonwealth or one of its officers, employees, or agents, upon the grant of in forma pauperis<\/span> status or receipt of the filing fee and costs, the court<\/span> shall serve the Office of the Attorney General<\/span> with a copy of the motion for judgment<\/span> and all necessary supporting papers. The Office of the Attorney General<\/span> shall have no fewer than thirty days from receipt in which to file responsive pleadings<\/span>. The prisoner’s failure to state his claims in a written motion for judgment<\/span> plainly stating facts<\/span> sufficient to support his cause of action<\/span>, accompanied by all necessary supporting documentation, may be grounds for dismissal<\/span> of the action.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSERVICE OF PROCESS; TIME FOR RESPONSE (\u00a7 8.01-694)\n\nIn any action in which any defendant is the Commonwealth or one of its officers,\nemployees, or agents, upon the grant of in forma pauperis status or receipt of\nthe filing fee and costs, the court shall serve the Office of the Attorney\nGeneral with a copy of the motion for judgment and all necessary supporting\npapers. The Office of the Attorney General shall have no fewer than thirty days\nfrom receipt in which to file responsive pleadings. The prisoner’s failure\nto state his claims in a written motion for judgment plainly stating facts\nsufficient to support his cause of action, accompanied by all necessary\nsupporting documentation, may be grounds for dismissal of the action.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 871; 2009, c. 372.","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}}