{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-8.01-299","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 8.01-299","heading":"How process served on domestic stock corporations, nonstock corporations, and limited liability companies generally","body":"Except as prescribed in § 8.01-300 as to municipal and quasi-governmental corporations, and subject to § 8.01-286.1, process may be served on a domestic stock corporation, nonstock corporation, or limited liability company created by the laws of the Commonwealth as follows:1. By personal service on any officer, director, or registered agent of any such corporation or on the registered agent of such limited liability company;2. By substituted service on stock corporations in accordance with § 13.1-637, on nonstock corporations in accordance with § 13.1-836, and on limited liability companies in accordance with § 13.1-1018; or3. If the address of the registered office of the corporation or limited liability company is a single-family residential dwelling, by substituted service on the registered agent of the corporation or limited liability company in the manner provided by subdivision 2 of § 8.01-296.This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, of serving a domestic stock or nonstock corporation or limited liability company.Code 1950, § 8-59; 1954, c. 23; 1956, c. 432; 1958, c. 13; 1976, c. 395; 1977, c. 617; 1991, c. 672; 2005, c. 866; 2016, c. 270; 2018, c. 475; 2024, c. 454.","path":["Title 8.01. Civil Remedies and Procedure","Chapter 8. Process","Article 4. Who to Be Served"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/8.01-299/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:39Z","sha256":"96432f752fb88be717a9a39b3294cf1c5eed53f343e690e19e8f71b9e446a03d","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-8.01-298","next":"us-va/va.-code-8.01-300"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}