                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONTINUANCE OF ACTION WHERE SERVICE MADE ON COMMISSIONER, SECRETARY, AND CLERK
(§ 8.01-311)

The court, in which an action is pending against a nonresident growing out of an
accident or collision as specified in §§ 8.01-308 and 8.01-309, or in an
action pending against a person or entity served with process through the Clerk
of the State Corporation Commission as statutory agent pursuant to § 12.1-19.1,
may order such continuances as necessary to afford such nonresident, person, or
entity reasonable opportunity to defend the action.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-67.3; 1954, c. 547; 1977, c. 617; 2024, c. 454.