CHAPTER 13

An Act to amend and reenact § 8-59, as amended, of the Code of Virginia,
relating to service of process on domestic corporations. CH 125]

Approved February 6, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 8-59, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 8-59. Process against, or notice to, a domestic corporation, may,
unless otherwise provided, be served as follows: If the case be against
a city or town, on its mayor, recorder, attorney, manager or any alderman,
councilman, or trustee of such city or town; if it be against any other
corporation created by the laws of this State, on its president or other
chief officer, or on its vice-president, cashier, treasurer, secretary, general
superintendent, general manager, or any one of its directors, or any agent
of such corporation, or any person declared by the laws of this State to
be such agent, if any such officer or agent be found in the city or county
in which the suit, action or proceeding is commenced, and, whether any
such officer or agent be so found or not, it may be sent to the county or
city in which is located the principal or registered office of such company
and be there served on the registered agent or on any officer or agent of
such company found in such county or city. If, however, the case be
against an insurance, guaranty, trust, indemnity, fidelity, or security
company, created by the laws of this State, the process or notice shall be
executed only within the county or city wherein the chief office of such
company is located unless it has designated its registered office elsewhere.