Virginia § 8.01-299 How process served on domestic stock corporations, nonstock corporations, and limited liability companies generally

Virginia Statutes

§ 8.01-299 — How process served on domestic stock corporations, nonstock corporations, and limited liability companies generally

Virginia § 8.01-299

Title 8.01Civil Remedies and Procedure

Ch. 8Process

Art. 4Who to Be Served

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Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-299 (2026).

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Except as prescribed in § 8.01-300 as to municipal and quasi-governmental corporations, and subject to § 8.01-286.1, process may be served on a domestic stock corporation, nonstock corporation, or limited liability company created by the laws of the Commonwealth as follows:

1.By personal service on any officer, director, or registered agent of any such corporation or on the registered agent of such limited liability company;

2.By substituted service on stock corporations in accordance with § 13.1-637, on nonstock corporations in accordance with § 13.1-836, and on limited liability companies in accordance with § 13.1-1018; or

3.If the address of the registered office of the corporation or limited liability company is a single-family residential dwelling, by substituted service on the

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Except as prescribed in § 8.01-300 as to municipal and quasi-governmental corporations, and subject to § 8.01-286.1, process may be served on a domestic stock corporation, nonstock corporation, or limited liability company created by the laws of the Commonwealth as follows:

1. By personal service on any officer, director, or registered agent of any such corporation or on the registered agent of such limited liability company;

2. By substituted service on stock corporations in accordance with § 13.1-637, on nonstock corporations in accordance with § 13.1-836, and on limited liability companies in accordance with § 13.1-1018; or

3. If the address of the registered office of the corporation or limited liability company is a single-family residential dwelling, by substituted service on the registered agent of the corporation or limited liability company in the manner provided by subdivision 2 of § 8.01-296.

This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, of serving a domestic stock or nonstock corporation or limited liability company.

Legislative History

Code 1950, § 8-59; 1954, c. 23; 1956, c. 432; 1958, c. 13; 1976, c. 395; 1977, c. 617; 1991, c. 672; 2005, c. 866; 2016, c. 270; 2018, c. 475; 2024, c. 454.