                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WITHIN WHAT TIME AFTER PUBLICATION CASE TRIED OR HEARD; NO SUBSEQUENT
PUBLICATION REQUIRED (§ 8.01-318)

If after an order of publication has been executed, the defendants or unknown
parties against whom it is entered shall not appear on or before the date
specified in such order, the case may be tried or heard as to them. When the
provisions of § 8.01-317 have been complied with, no other publication or
notice shall thereafter be required in any proceeding in court, or before a
commissioner, or for the purpose of taking depositions, unless specifically
ordered by the court as to such defendants or unknown parties.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-73; 1968, c. 456; 1977, c. 617; 2025, c. 267.