Virginia HB 1561: Fort Monroe Authority; civil actions in general district court.

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CHAPTER 84 

An Act to amend and reenact � 16.1-88.03 of the Code of 
Virginia, relating to the Fort Monroe Authority; civil actions in general 
district court. 

[H 1561] 

Approved March 2, 2020 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 16.1-88.03 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
reenacted as follows:

� 16.1-88.03. Pleadings and other papers by certain parties 
not represented by attorneys.

A. Any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, 
limited partnership, professional corporation, professional limited liability 
company, registered limited liability partnership, registered limited liability 
limited partnership or business trust, the Fort Monroe Authority, and 
the Department of Military Affairs, when the amount claimed in any civil action 
pursuant to subdivision (1) or (3) of � 16.1-77 does not exceed the jurisdictional 
amounts authorized in such subsections, exclusive of interest, may prepare, 
execute, file, and have served on other parties in any proceeding in a general 
district court a warrant in debt, motion for judgment, warrant in detinue, 
distress warrant, summons for unlawful detainer, counterclaim, crossclaim, 
suggestion for summons in garnishment, garnishment summons, order of 
possession, writ of eviction, writ of fieri facias, interpleader and civil 
appeal notice without the intervention of an attorney. Such papers may be 
signed by a corporate officer, a manager of a limited liability company, a 
general partner of any form of partnership or a trustee of any business trust, 
or such corporate officer, with the approval of the board of directors, or 
manager, general partner or trustee may authorize in writing an employee, a 
person licensed under the provisions of � 54.1-2106.1, or the property manager 
or the managing agent of a landlord as defined in � 55.1-1200 pursuant to the 
written property management agreement to sign such papers as the agent of the 
business entity. Only an agency employee designated in writing by the Adjutant 
General may sign such papers on behalf of the Department of Military Affairs. 
However, this section shall not apply to an action under subdivision (1) or (3) 
of � 16.1-77 which was assigned to a corporation, partnership, limited 
liability company, limited partnership, professional corporation, professional 
limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, registered 
limited liability limited partnership or business trust, or individual solely 
for the purpose of enforcing an obligation owed or right inuring to another.

B. Nothing in this section shall allow a nonlawyer to file a 
bill of particulars or grounds of defense or to argue motions, issue a 
subpoena, rule to show cause, or capias; file or interrogate at debtor 
interrogatories; or to file, issue or argue any other paper, pleading or 
proceeding not set forth in subsection A.

C. The provisions of