Any notice given, recognizance taken, or process or writ issued before October 1, 1975, shall be valid although given, taken or to be returned to a day after such date, in like manner as if this title had been effective before the same was given, taken or issued.
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-3
Certain notices, recognizances and processes validated
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Mallory v. City of Richmond (2005)
Most recently applied in 81 Va. Cir. 32 - Commonwealth v. Lott (June 2010)
1975, c. 495.
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