                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ACTIONS BROUGHT ON WARRANT (§ 16.1-79)

A civil action in a general district court may be brought by warrant directed to
the sheriff or to any other person authorized to serve process in such county or
city, requiring the person against whom the claim is asserted to appear before
the court on a certain day, not exceeding 90 days from the date of service
thereof, to answer the complaint of the plaintiff set out in the warrant. After
the warrant has been issued and delivered for service it shall not be altered,
nor any blank filled, except by order of the court.

HISTORY: 1956, c. 555; 1991, c. 26; 2025, c. 349.