                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROCESS ON CONVICT DEFENDANT (§ 8.01-297)

In all actions against one who has been convicted of a felony and is confined in
a local or regional jail or State correctional institution, process shall be
served on such convict and, subject to § 8.01-9, a guardian ad litem shall be
appointed for him. Such service may be effected by delivery to the officer in
charge of such jail or institution whose duty it shall be to deliver forthwith
such process to the convict.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-55; 1954, c. 543; 1977, c. 617.