                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PETITION TO ENFORCE LIEN (§ 8.01-66.8)

If suit is instituted by an injured person or his personal representative
against the person, firm, or corporation allegedly causing the person&#8217;s
injuries, a hospital, nursing home, physician, nurse, or emergency medical
services agency that provided emergency medical services or emergency medical
services vehicle transportation, in lieu of proceeding according to §§
8.01-66.5 to 8.01-66.7, may file in the court wherein such suit is pending a
petition to enforce the lien provided for in § 8.01-66.2 or 8.01-66.9. Such
petition shall be heard and disposed of in a summary way.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 32-146; 1979, c. 722; 1980, c. 623; 2003, cc. 455, 525;
2015, cc. 502, 503.