Virginia legal term
Properly served in Virginia Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Virginia legislative session
In Virginia criminal law, “Properly served” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Virginia criminal code.
What does “Properly served” mean in Virginia criminal law?
"Properly served" means delivery of a search warrant or subpoena by hand, by United States mail, by commercial delivery service, by facsimile or by any other manner to any officer of a corporation or its general manager in the Commonwealth, to any natural person designated by it as agent for the service of process, or if such corporation has designated a corporate agent, to any person named in the latest annual report filed pursuant to § 13.1-775 . (Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-56)
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