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2015 SESSION
15100043DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 4.1 of Title 16.1 a section numbered 16.1-69.5:1, by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 17.1 a section numbered 17.1-133, and by adding sections numbered 18.2-6.1 and 19.2-5.1 as follows:
§ 16.1-69.5:1. Delivery of notice by mail, ordinary mail, registered mail, or certified mail.
Where service, delivery, or transmission of any notice or paper in any proceeding is authorized 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 a third party commercial carrier. [ Where registered mail or certified mail is required, proof of service shall also be required by the third-party commercial carrier. ] Any applicable requirements in this Code or the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia for proof of such service, delivery, or transmission shall remain in effect when a third party commercial carrier is used.
§ 17.1-133. Delivery of notice by mail, ordinary mail, registered mail, or certified mail.
Where service, delivery, or transmission of any notice or paper in any proceeding is authorized 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 a third party commercial carrier. [ Where registered mail or certified mail is required, proof of service shall also be required by the third-party commercial carrier. ] Any applicable requirements in this Code or the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia for proof of such service, delivery, or transmission shall remain in effect when a third party commercial carrier is used.
§ 18.2-6.1. Delivery of notice by mail, ordinary mail, registered mail, or certified mail.
Where service, delivery, or transmission of any notice or paper in any proceeding is authorized 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 a third party commercial carrier. [ Where registered mail or certified mail is required, proof of service shall also be required by the third-party commercial carrier. ] Any applicable requirements in this Code or the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia for proof of such service, delivery, or transmission shall remain in effect when a third party commercial carrier is used.
§ 19.2-5.1. Delivery of notice by mail, ordinary mail, registered mail, or certified mail.
Where service, delivery, or transmission of any notice or paper in any proceeding is authorized 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 a third party commercial carrier. [ Where registered mail or certified mail is required, proof of service shall also be required by the third-party commercial carrier. ] Any applicable requirements in this Code or the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia for proof of such service, delivery, or transmission shall remain in effect when a third party commercial carrier is used.