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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63470</law_id><section_number>8.01-287</section_number><catch_line>How process to be served</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="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="8">Process</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">In General</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Upon commencement of an <span class="dictionary">action</span>, process shall be served in the manner set forth in this chapter or as specified elsewhere in the Code and by the Rules of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-56; 1952, c. 77; 1954, c. 543; 1977, c. 617; 2024, c. 454.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
