8.01-297 - Process on convict defendant.
§ 8.01-297. Process on convict defendant.
In all actions against one who has been convicted of a felony and is confinedin a local or regional jail or State correctional institution, process shallbe served on such convict and, subject to § 8.01-9, a guardian ad litem shallbe appointed for him. Such service may be effected by delivery to the officerin charge of such jail or institution whose duty it shall be to deliverforthwith such process to the convict.
(Code 1950, § 8-55; 1954, c. 543; 1977, c. 617.)