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 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 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.
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.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure
§ 8.01-286.1. Service of process; waiver, duty to save costs, request to waive, how served
§ 8.01-287. How process to be served
§ 8.01-288. Process received in time good though neither served nor accepted
§ 8.01-289. No service of process on Sunday; exceptions
§ 8.01-290. Plaintiffs required to furnish full name and last known address of defendants, etc.
§ 8.01-292. To whom process directed and where executed
§ 8.01-296. Manner of serving process upon natural persons
§ 8.01-297. Process on convict defendant
§ 8.01-298. How summons for witness or juror served
§ 8.01-299. How process served on domestic corporations and limited liability companies generally
§ 8.01-301. How process served on foreign corporations generally
§ 8.01-303. On whom process served when corporation operated by trustee or receiver
§ 8.01-304. How process served on copartner or partnership
§ 8.01-305. Process against unincorporated associations or orders, or unincorporated common carriers
§ 8.01-310. How service made on Commissioner and Secretary; appointment binding
§ 8.01-311. Continuance of action where service made on Commissioner or Secretary
§ 8.01-312. Effect of service on statutory agent; duties of such agent
§ 8.01-313. Specific addresses for mailing by statutory agent
§ 8.01-314. Service on attorney after entry of general appearance by such attorney
§ 8.01-315. Notice to be mailed defendant when service accepted by another
§ 8.01-316. Service by publication; when available
§ 8.01-319. Publication of interim notice
§ 8.01-320. Personal service outside of Virginia
§ 8.01-323. In what counties city newspapers deemed published for purpose of legal advertisements
§ 8.01-324. Newspapers that may be used for legal notices and publications
§ 8.01-325. Return by person serving process
§ 8.01-326. Return as proof of service
§ 8.01-327. Acceptance of service of process
§ 8.01-327.1. Definition of "arrest under civil process."
§ 8.01-327.2. Who are privileged from arrest under civil process