                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SERVICE OF WARRANT AND RETURN THEREOF (§ 16.1-80)

The officer issuing a warrant shall deliver to the officer to whom it is
directed, or to the plaintiff, for service, one or more original warrants and as
many copies as there are defendants upon whom it is to be served. Service of the
warrant shall be made as provided in Chapter 8 (§ 8.01-285 et seq.) of Title
8.01, but the warrant must be served not less than five days before the return
day. Returns shall be made on the original, or on one or more of them if there
be more than one issued, and shall show when, where, how and upon whom service
was made. The warrant or warrants with the returns thereon shall be delivered to
the court prior to the return day thereof, but if not so delivered may, in the
discretion of the judge of the court, be delivered before the court convenes on
the return day.

HISTORY: 1956, c. 555.