Code of Virginia - Title 17.1 Courts Of Record - Section 17.1-214 Clerk to deliver or send process to sheriff

§ 17.1-214. Clerk to deliver or send process to sheriff

The clerk of the circuit court from whose office may be issued any process, original, mesne or final, or any order or decree to be served on any person, shall, unless the party interested, or his attorney, direct otherwise, deliver the same to the sheriff of the county or city for which the court is held, if it is to be executed therein, and if it is to be executed in any other county or city, shall enclose the same to the sheriff thereof, properly addressed, put it in the post office and pay the postage thereon.

(Code 1919, § 3403, § 17-50; 1946, p. 54; 1998, c. 872.)

Sections:  Previous  17.1-207  17.1-208  17.1-209  17.1-210  17.1-211  17.1-212  17.1-213  17.1-214  17.1-215  17.1-216  17.1-217  17.1-218  17.1-219  17.1-219.1  17.1-220  Next

Last modified: April 3, 2009