                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN JUDGMENT CONFESSED BY ATTORNEY-IN-FACT COPY TO BE SERVED ON JUDGMENT DEBTOR
(§ 8.01-438)

If a judgment is confessed by an attorney-in-fact, it shall be the duty of the
clerk within ten days from the entry thereof to cause to be served upon the
judgment debtor a certified copy of the order so entered in the common-law order
book, to which order shall be appended a notice setting forth the provisions of
§ 8.01-433. The officer who serves the order shall make return thereof within
ten days after service to the clerk. The clerk shall promptly file the order
with the papers in the case. The failure to serve a copy of the order within
sixty days from the date of entry thereof shall render the judgment void as to
any debtor not so served.
		Service of a copy of the order on a nonresident judgment debtor by an officer
of the county or city of his residence, authorized by law to serve processes
therein, or by the clerk of the court sending a copy of the order by registered
or certified mail to such nonresident judgment debtor at his last known
post-office address and the filing of a certificate with the papers in the case
showing that such has been done or of a receipt showing the receipt of such
letter by such nonresident judgment debtor, shall be deemed sufficient service
thereof for the purposes of this section.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-362; 1972, c. 611; 1976, c. 617; 1988, c. 420.