24.2-809 - Filing answer; contents; enlargement or amendment of answer. - Virginia Statutes

§ 24.2-809. Filing answer; contents; enlargement or amendment of answer.

The contestee shall, within ten days after the complaint is served on him,file in the clerk's office an answer, in which he shall admit or deny theallegations on which the contestant relies, or state that he has no knowledgeor information concerning an allegation which shall be deemed denial, andstate any other defenses, in law or fact, on which he relies. If no answer isfiled within the time prescribed, the contestee shall not be heard to assertany claim or objection which is required by this section to be stated in theanswer.

No enlargement or amendment of the answer, except as to form, shall bepermitted save by leave of court as provided in Rule 1:8 of the Rules of theSupreme Court of Virginia.

(Code 1950, § 24-435; 1952, c. 489; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-242; 1981, c. 570;1993, c. 641.)