8.01-290 - Plaintiffs required to furnish full name and last known address of defendants, etc. - Virginia Statutes

§ 8.01-290. Plaintiffs required to furnish full name and last known addressof defendants, etc.

Upon the commencement of every action, the plaintiff shall furnish in writingto the clerk or other issuing officer the full name and last known address ofeach defendant and if unable to furnish such name and address, he shallfurnish such salient facts as are calculated to identify with reasonablecertainty such defendant. The clerk or other official whose function it is toissue any such process shall note in the record or in the papers the addressor other identifying facts furnished. Failure to comply with the requirementsof this section shall not affect the validity of any judgment.

(Code 1950, § 8-46.1; 1962, c. 10; 1977, c. 617.)