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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>349979</law_id><section_number>17.1-214</section_number><catch_line>Clerk to deliver or send process to sheriff</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="50" identifier="17.1">Courts of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="2">Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Other Clerks and Clerks' Offices</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The clerk of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> from whose office may be issued any process, original, mesne or final, or any <span class="dictionary">order</span> or <span class="dictionary">decree</span> to be served on any person, shall, unless the <span class="dictionary">party</span> interested, or his attorney, direct otherwise, deliver the same to the sheriff of the county or city for which the <span class="dictionary">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></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 3403, &#xA7; 17-50; 1946, p. 54; 1998, c. 872.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
