15.2-2652 - Service by publication of motion for judgment; parties defendant. - Virginia Statutes

§ 15.2-2652. Service by publication of motion for judgment; parties defendant.

Upon the filing of the motion for judgment the court shall fix the time andplace for hearing the proceeding and shall enter an order requiring thepublication of the motion for judgment or a summary of it approved by thecourt, together with the order setting forth the time and place of thehearing, once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published orhaving general circulation in the jurisdiction where the issuer is located.The date fixed for the hearing shall not be sooner than ten days after thedate the second publication of the motion for judgment or summary and theorder appears in the newspaper.

By the publication of the motion for judgment or summary and the order, alltaxpayers, property owners and citizens of the jurisdiction where the issueris located, including nonresidents owning property in or subject to taxationby it, and all other persons having or claiming any right, title or interestin any property or funds affected in any way by the issuance of the bonds, orhaving or claiming to have any right or interest in the subject matter of themotion for judgment, shall be considered parties defendant in theproceedings, and the court shall have jurisdiction of them the same as ifeach of them were named individually as a defendant in the motion forjudgment and personally served with process.

(Code 1950, § 15-666.56; 1958, c. 640; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-215; 1991, c.668, § 15.1-227.54; 1997, c. 587.)