Virginia Code 8.01-309: Service on Secretary of Commonwealth as agent of nonresident operator or owner of aircraft.
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Any nonresident owner or operator of any aircraft that is operated over and above the land and waters of the Commonwealth or uses aviation facilities within the Commonwealth, shall by such operation and use appoint the Secretary of the Commonwealth as his statutory agent for the service of process in any action against him growing out of any accident or collision occurring within or above the Commonwealth in which such aircraft is involved.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 8.01-309
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- statutory agent: means (i) the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and the successors of either, when appointed pursuant to law for the purpose of service of process on the nonresident defined in subdivision 2 of § Virginia Code 8.01-285
Code 1950, § 8-67.4; 1952, c. 384; 1954, c. 333; 1977, c. 617.