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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56615</law_id><section_number>20-146.7</section_number><catch_line>Notice to persons outside state</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>20-146.16</reference><reference>20-146.29</reference><reference>20-146.31</reference><reference>20-146.5</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="20">Domestic Relations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7.1">Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Notice required for the exercise of <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> when a person is outside this Commonwealth may be given in a manner prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of this Commonwealth for <span class="dictionary">service of process</span> or by the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the state in which the service is attempted or made. Notice may also be by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the last known address of the person to be served. Notice must be given in a manner reasonably calculated to give actual notice and an opportunity to be heard but may be by publication pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Service by publication; when available" href="/8.01-316/">8.01-316</a> and <a class="law" title="What order of publication to state; how published; when publication in newspaper dispensed with; electronic notice" href="/8.01-317/">8.01-317</a> if other means are not effective. <a id="paragraph-207170" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-146.7/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> <span class="dictionary">Proof of service</span> may be made in the manner prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of this Commonwealth or by the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the state in which the service is made. <a id="paragraph-207171" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-146.7/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Notice is not required for the exercise of <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> with respect to a person who submits to the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of the <span class="dictionary">court</span>. <a id="paragraph-207172" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-146.7/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1979, c. 229; 1982, c. 483, &#xA7; 20-128; 2001, c. 305.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
