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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>353814</law_id><section_number>20-99.2</section_number><catch_line>Service in divorce and annulment cases</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="56" identifier="20">Domestic Relations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="11" identifier="6">Divorce, Affirmation and Annulment</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> In any suit for divorce or <span class="dictionary">annulment</span> or affirmation of a marriage, process may be served in any manner authorized under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Manner of serving process upon natural persons" href="/8.01-296/">8.01-296</a> or <a class="law" title="Personal service outside of Virginia" href="/8.01-320/">8.01-320</a>. <a id="paragraph-1318089" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-99.2/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any such process served prior to July 1, 1984, shall not be invalidated solely because service was made as prescribed under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Manner of serving process upon natural persons" href="/8.01-296/">8.01-296</a>. <a id="paragraph-1318090" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-99.2/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1984, c. 611; 2012, cc. 78, 84.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
