16.1-79 - Actions brought on warrant. - Virginia Statutes

§ 16.1-79. Actions brought on warrant.

A civil action in a general district court may be brought by warrant directedto the sheriff or to any other person authorized to serve process in suchcounty or city, requiring the person against whom the claim is asserted toappear before the court on a certain day, not exceeding sixty days from thedate of service thereof, to answer the complaint of the plaintiff set out inthe warrant. After the warrant has been issued and delivered for service itshall not be altered, nor any blank filled, except by order of the court.

(1956, c. 555; 1991, c. 26.)