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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1390029,"object_type":"law","relational_id":349979,"identifier":"17.1-214","token":"17.1\/2\/2\/17.1-214","url":"\/17.1-214\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-214\/","token":"17.1\/2\/2\/17.1-214","dublin_core":{"Title":"Clerk to deliver or send process to sheriff","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-214","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> from whose office may be issued any process, original, mesne or final, or any order<\/span> or decree<\/span> to be served on any person, shall, unless the party<\/span> interested, or his attorney, direct otherwise, deliver the same to the sheriff of the county or city for which the court<\/span> 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.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCLERK TO DELIVER OR SEND PROCESS TO SHERIFF (\u00a7 17.1-214)\n\nThe clerk of the circuit court from whose office may be issued any process,\noriginal, mesne or final, or any order or decree to be served on any person,\nshall, unless the party interested, or his attorney, direct otherwise, deliver\nthe same to the sheriff of the county or city for which the court is held, if it\nis to be executed therein, and if it is to be executed in any other county or\ncity, shall enclose the same to the sheriff thereof, properly addressed, put it\nin the post office and pay the postage thereon.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 3403, \u00a7 17-50; 1946, p. 54; 1998, c. 872.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}