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2015 SESSION

15101155D
SENATE BILL NO. 929
Offered January 14, 2015
Prefiled January 8, 2015
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 2.2-601.2 and 54.1-101.2, relating to use by certain state agencies of third-party commercial carriers for service, delivery, or transmission of notices.
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Patron-- Edwards
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Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding sections numbered 2.2-601.2 and 54.1-101.2 as follows:

§ 2.2-601.2. Delivery of notice by mail, ordinary mail, registered mail, or certified mail.

Where service, delivery, or transmission of any notice or paper is authorized or required by any provision of this title to be accomplished by "mail," "ordinary mail," "registered mail," or "certified mail," such provision shall be deemed to authorize such service, delivery, or transmission by third-party commercial carrier. Any applicable requirements in other titles of this Code or the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia for proof of such service, delivery, or transmission shall remain in effect when a third-party commercial carrier is used.

§ 54.1-101.2. Delivery of notice by mail, ordinary mail, registered mail, or certified mail.

Where service, delivery, or transmission of any notice or paper is authorized or required by any provision of this title to be accomplished by "mail," "ordinary mail," "registered mail," or "certified mail," such provision shall be deemed to authorize such service, delivery, or transmission by third-party commercial carrier. Any applicable requirements in other titles of this Code or the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia for proof of such service, delivery, or transmission shall remain in effect when a third-party commercial carrier is used.