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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377726</law_id><section_number>8.01-641</section_number><catch_line>Reopening same when made on service by publication</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="12" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="55" identifier="25">Extraordinary Writs</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Writ of Quo Warranto</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>But if service is made by publication, the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> against whom the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> is rendered may file a <span class="dictionary">motion</span> within thirty days from the rendition of <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> to have such <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> set aside, upon giving <span class="dictionary">bond</span> with good security as prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">court</span>, with condition to pay all such costs as shall be awarded in the cause against the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>. The <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> may then make such defense to the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> as he might have made, and in the same manner, before the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> was rendered.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-863; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
