AFFIDAVIT FOR ORDER OF PUBLICATION Case No. ........................................................................................
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA VA. CODE §§ 8.01-316, 20-104
In the
................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Circuit Court
..................................................................................................................... v. .....................................................................................................................
PLAINTIFF DEFE
NDANT
Comes now
............................................................................................................................................................., a party seeking service on the
below-named party by Order of Publication, and states under oath:
[ ] That the requesting party proceeds pursuant to Virginia Code § 20-104 and has been determined to be
indigent;
That the party to be served (mark one or m
ore of the reasons below):
1. [ ] is a foreign corporation; or
[ ] is a foreign unincorporated association; or
[ ] is a foreign unincorporated common carrier; or
[ ] is a non-resident individual, other than a non-resident individual fiduciary who has appointed a
statutory agent;
OR
2.
[ ] cannot be found, and that diligence has been used without effect to ascertain the location of the
party to be served;
OR
3.
[ ] cannot be served with court process, and that a return has been filed by the sheriff which shows that
the process has been in his or her hands for twenty-one (21) days and that the sheriff has been
unable to make service;
OR
4.
[ ] is set out in the pleading as a person or persons, as defendants by the general description of “parties
unknown;” are deemed interested in the subject to be divided or disposed of; and the nature of such
interest is described as:
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OR
5.
[ ] are parties appearing by pleading or exhibit filed, who are defendants who represent like interests
with the parties not served with process, and the number of defendants upon whom process has
been served exceeds ten (10).
NOTE: Only the Judge may enter an ORDER OF PUBLICATION upon a claim based
upon reason number 5.
FORM CC-1435 (MASTER, PAGE ONE OF TWO) 07/11
