All writs, processes, and orders of the Commission shall run in the name of the Commonwealth, and shall be attested by its clerk, and shall be directed to its bailiff, and may be served, executed, and returned by the said bailiff, in any city or county of this Commonwealth, or by the sheriff, or any constable, of any city or county in this Commonwealth within his bailiwick. All writs, notices, processes, or orders of the Commission may be served, executed, and returned in like manner and upon like persons or property as the processes, writs, notices, or orders of the courts of record of this Commonwealth, and when so served, executed, and returned shall have the like legal effect.
Va. Code Ann. § 12.1-29
Writs and process
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 574 F. Supp. 880 - Croatan Books, Inc. v. Com. of Va. (1983)
Most recently applied in 574 F. Supp. 880 - Croatan Books, Inc. v. Com. of Va. (November 1983)
Code 1950, § 12-56; 1971, Ex
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