                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PUBLICATION OF INTERIM NOTICE (§ 8.01-319)

A. In any case in which a nonresident party or party originally served by
publication has been served as provided by law, and notice of further
proceedings in the case is required but no method of service thereof is
prescribed either by statute or by order or rule of court, such notice may be
served by publication thereof once each week for two successive weeks in a
newspaper published or circulated in the city or county in which the original
proceedings are pending. If the original proceedings were instituted by order of
publication, then the publication of such notice of additional or further
proceedings shall be made in the same newspaper. A party, who appears pro se in
an action, shall file with the clerk of the court in which the action is pending
a written statement of his place of residence and mailing address, and shall
inform the clerk in writing of any changes of residence and mailing address
during the pendency of the action. The clerk and all parties to the action may
rely on the last written statement filed as aforesaid. The court in which the
action is pending may dispense with such notice for failure of the party to file
the statement herein provided for or may require notice to be given in such
manner as the court may determine.

B. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in paragraph A hereof,
depositions may be taken, testimony heard and orders and decrees entered without
an order of publication, when the defendant has been legally served with or has
accepted service of process to commence a suit for divorce or for annulling or
affirming a marriage, and he or she or the plaintiff:

   1. Shall thereafter become a nonresident; or

   2. Shall remove from the county or city in which the suit is pending, if a
   resident thereof, or in which he or she resided at the time of the institution
   of the suit, or was served with process, without having filed with the clerk
   of the court where the suit is pending a written statement of his or her
   intended future place of residence, and a like statement of subsequent changes
   of residence; or

   3. When after such written statement has been filed with the clerk, notice
   shall have been served upon him or her at the last place of residence given in
   the written statement as provided by law; or

   4. Could not be found by the sheriff of the county or city for the service of
   the notice, and the party sending the service makes affidavit that he has used
   due diligence to find the adverse party without success. If such absent party
   has an attorney of record in such suit, notice shall be served on such
   attorney, as provided by &#xA7; 8.01-314.

C. This section shall not apply to orders of publication in condemnation
actions.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-76; 1950, p. 68; 1954, c. 333; 1960, c. 16; 1970, cc.
241, 279; 1977, c. 617; 1978, c. 676; 1979, c. 464; 1982, c. 384.