Code of Virginia - Title 19.2 Criminal Procedure - Section 19.2-376 Owners, purchasers and lienors of vehicles to be made parties defendant; notice of hearin...

§ 19.2-376. Owners, purchasers and lienors of vehicles to be made parties defendant; notice of hearin...

The owner of and all persons in any manner then indebted or liable for the purchase price of the property, if such property be a conveyance or vehicle of any kind, and any person having a lien thereon, if they be known to the attorney who files the information, shall be made parties defendant thereto, and shall be served with notice in the manner provided by law for serving a notice, at least ten days before the date therein specified for the hearing on the information, if they be residents of this Commonwealth; and if they be unknown or nonresidents, or cannot with reasonable diligence be found in this Commonwealth, they shall be deemed sufficiently served by publication of the notice once a week for two successive weeks in some newspaper published in such county or city, or if none be published therein, then in some newspaper having general circulation therein, and a notice shall be sent by registered mail of such seizure to the last known address of the owner of such conveyance or vehicle.

(Code 1950, § 19.1-363.2; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.)

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