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1994 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 8.01-277 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 8.01-277. Defective process; motion to quash; amendment.
A person, upon whom process to answer any action has been served, may take
advantage of any defect in the issuance, service or return thereof by a
motion to quash filed prior to or simultaneously with the filing of any
pleading to the merits. Upon sustaining the motion, the court may dismiss
the action strike the proof of service or permit amendment of the
process or its return as may seem just.