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1998 SESSION
983803655Be 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 Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 13.1-637,
13.1-766, 13.1-836 and 13.1-928, 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 the an officer,
director, managing employee or
registered agent of the corporation or, unless the
judgment creditor files with the court a certificate that
he has used due diligence and that no such person authorized to accept such
service can be found within the Commonwealth, in which case such summons shall
be served upon the clerk of the State Corporation Commission as is
otherwise provided by law. Service on the corporation shall not
be made upon a person who is also the judgment
debtor.
2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.