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Virginia civil deadline calculator

Calculate 2 fixed time limits from the released Virginia pack. Choose the deadline and trigger date to see the raw date, calculation steps, citation and checks that still need to be made.

Cited time limits: 2
Rule review: 6 August 2026
Output: Review date

Check the result before use

This is a self-check calculation of the sourced base period, not a final filing instruction. Virginia legal holidays, court-specific closures and emergency closure orders are not bundled. Every calculated date is a review date: check Va. Code § 1-210 and Va. Sup. Ct. R. 1:7 and the current court calendar before filing or serving. Check the cited rule, the correct factual branch, every order and any electronic-filing cut-off.

State, territory or federal system

Court, tribunal or institution

Rule period

21 days from Service of the summons and complaint on the defendant

Va. Sup. Ct. R. 3:8(a)AdvisoryVerify against the rules

This is the ordinary circuit-court branch. Waiver, another party category, service method or special proceeding may change the date.

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Legal disclaimer

Deadline Engine calculates dates from encoded procedural rules. It is software, not legal advice, and no output is approved for your matter. Check the jurisdiction, inputs, current cited rule, facts and any order or agreement before recording or using the date. Responsibility for the operative deadline and diary remains with you.

Exact released scope

Deadlines covered by this calculator

Every row below is rendered from the calculator catalogue. It shows the encoded base period, exact trigger, citation, counting direction and retained primary source. Rules or orders outside this list are not implied to be covered.

Answer an ordinary Virginia circuit-court civil complaint

21 days

Trigger: Service of the summons and complaint on the defendant
Citation: Va. Sup. Ct. R. 3:8(a)
Counting basis: trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Scope: This is the ordinary circuit-court branch. Waiver, another party category, service method or special proceeding may change the date.
Relief or exception: Any enlargement is governed by the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia and a valid court order.
Check before use: This is the sourced base period, not a final filing date. Apply the cited computation rule, current legal holidays, court closures, service branch and any order before use.

Answer after waiving service in an ordinary Virginia circuit-court case

60 days

Trigger: The date the request for waiver of service was sent to a defendant in the United States
Citation: Va. Sup. Ct. R. 3:8(a)
Counting basis: trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Scope: A foreign waiver request, governmental party or special proceeding may use a different period.
Relief or exception: The waiver must be effective and the domestic branch must apply. The calculator does not decide those conditions.
Check before use: This is the sourced base period, not a final filing date. Apply the cited computation rule, current legal holidays, court closures, service branch and any order before use.

Source boundary

Official sources and calculation basis

The base-period calculation uses Va. Code § 1-210 and Va. Sup. Ct. R. 1:7. The source pack was reviewed on 6 August 2026. A newer amendment, local rule, closure direction or case-specific order can change the date.

Official source 1 · law.lis.virginia.govOpen source
Official source 2 · vacourts.govOpen source

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