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CHAPTER 231 An Act to amend and reenact § 8.01-513 of the Code of Virginia, relating to service of process. [H 979] Approved March 29, 2004

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 8.01-513 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 8.01-513. Service upon corporation.

If the person upon whom there is a suggestion of liability as provided in § 8.01-511 is a corporation, the summons shall be served upon an officer, an employee designated by the corporation other than an officer of the corporation, or, if there is no designated employee or the designated employee cannot be found, upon a managing employee of the corporation other than an officer of the corporation. If the judgment creditor or his attorney files with the court a certificate that he has used due diligence and that (i) no such officer or employee or other person authorized to accept such service can be found within the Commonwealth or (ii) such designated or managing employee found is also the judgment debtor, then such summons shall be served on the registered agent of the corporation or upon the clerk of the State Corporation Commission as provided in §§ 13.1-637, 13.1-766, 13.1-836 and 13.1-928. However, service on the corporation shall not be made upon a designated or managing employee who is also the judgment debtor. If the corporation intends to designate an employee for service, the corporation shall file a designation with the State Corporation Commission. For the purposes of this section, "managing employee" means an employee charged by the corporation with the control of operations and supervision of employees at the business location of the corporation where process is sought to be served.