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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61128</law_id><section_number>8.01-309</section_number><catch_line>Service on Secretary of Commonwealth as agent of nonresident operator or owner of aircraft</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.01-307</reference><reference>8.01-310</reference><reference>8.01-311</reference><reference>8.01-313</reference></referred_to_by><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="4">Who to Be Served</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any nonresident owner or operator of any aircraft that is operated over and above the land and waters of the Commonwealth or uses aviation facilities within the Commonwealth, shall by such operation and use appoint the Secretary of the Commonwealth as his <span class="dictionary">statutory agent</span> for the <span class="dictionary">service of process</span> in any <span class="dictionary">action</span> against him growing out of any accident or collision occurring within or above the Commonwealth in which such aircraft is involved.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-67.4; 1952, c. 384; 1954, c. 333; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
