8.01-644 - Application for mandamus or prohibition.
§ 8.01-644. Application for mandamus or prohibition.
Except as provided in § 2.2-3713, application for a writ of mandamus or awrit of prohibition shall be on petition verified by oath, after the partyagainst whom the writ is prayed has been served with a copy of the petitionand notice of the intended application a reasonable time before suchapplication is made.
(Code 1950, § 8-704; 1977, c. 617; 2009, c. 634.)