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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86778</law_id><section_number>38.2-805</section_number><catch_line>When judgment may be entered</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="8">Service of Process</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Unlicensed Insurers Process</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> based on <span class="dictionary">default</span> of <span class="dictionary">appearance</span> shall be entered against any <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> served pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Alternate method of service" href="/38.2-803/">38.2-803</a> until the expiration of thirty days from the date that the <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span> of compliance is filed.</p></section></text><history>1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-68; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
