19.2-376 - Owners, purchasers and lienors of vehicles to be made parties defendant; notice of hearing. - Virginia Statutes

§ 19.2-376. Owners, purchasers and lienors of vehicles to be made partiesdefendant; notice of hearing.

The owner of and all persons in any manner then indebted or liable for thepurchase price of the property, if such property be a conveyance or vehicleof any kind, and any person having a lien thereon, if they be known to theattorney who files the information, shall be made parties defendant thereto,and shall be served with notice in the manner provided by law for serving anotice, at least ten days before the date therein specified for the hearingon the information, if they be residents of this Commonwealth; and if they beunknown or nonresidents, or cannot with reasonable diligence be found in thisCommonwealth, they shall be deemed sufficiently served by publication of thenotice once a week for two successive weeks in some newspaper published insuch county or city, or if none be published therein, then in some newspaperhaving general circulation therein, and a notice shall be sent by registeredmail of such seizure to the last known address of the owner of suchconveyance or vehicle.

(Code 1950, § 19.1-363.2; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.)