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2022 Code of Virginia
Title 8.01 - Civil Remedies and Procedure
Chapter 4 - Limitations of Actions
Article 1. In General
- § 8.01-228. Scope of limitations; "personal action" defined
- § 8.01-229. Suspension or tolling of statute of limitations; effect of disabilities; effect of death; injunction; prevention of service by defendant; dismissal, nonsuit or abatement; devise for payment of debts; new promises; debts proved in creditors' suits
- § 8.01-230. Accrual of right of action
- § 8.01-231. Commonwealth not within statute of limitations
- § 8.01-232. Effect of promises not to plead statute of limitations
- § 8.01-233. When action deemed brought on counterclaim or cross-claim; when statute of limitations tolled; defendant's consent required for dismissal
- § 8.01-234. Repeal of limitation not to remove bar of statute
- § 8.01-235. Bar of expiration of limitation period raised only as affirmative defense in responsive pleading
Article 2. Limitations on Recovery of Realty and Enforcement of Certain Liens Relating to Realty
- § 8.01-236. Limitation of entry on or action for land
- § 8.01-237. Effect of disabilities upon right of entry on, or action for, land
- § 8.01-238. To repeal grant
- § 8.01-239. Ground rents
- § 8.01-240. Liens for water, sewer, or sidewalk assessments
- § 8.01-241. Limitation of enforcement of deeds of trust, mortgages and liens for unpaid purchase money
- § 8.01-241.1. Permissible form for certificate
- § 8.01-242. Same; when no maturity date is given; credit line deeds of trust
Article 3. Personal Actions Generally
- § 8.01-243. Personal action for injury to person or property generally; extension in actions for malpractice against health care provider
- § 8.01-243.1. Actions for medical malpractice; minors
- § 8.01-243.2. Limitations of actions by confined persons; exhaustion
- § 8.01-244. Actions for wrongful death; limitation
- § 8.01-245. Limitation on actions upon the bond of any fiduciaries or as to suits against fiduciaries themselves; accrual of cause of action where execution sustained
- § 8.01-246. Personal actions based on contracts
- § 8.01-247. When action on contract governed by the law of another state or country barred in Virginia
- § 8.01-247.1. Limitation on action for defamation, etc.
- § 8.01-248. Personal actions for which no other limitation is specified
- § 8.01-249. When cause of action shall be deemed to accrue in certain personal actions
- § 8.01-250. Limitation on certain actions for damages arising out of defective or unsafe condition of improvements to real property
- § 8.01-250.1. Limitation on actions involving removal of asbestos
Article 4. Limitations on Enforcement of Judgments and Decrees
Article 5. Miscellaneous Limitations Provisions
- § 8.01-253. Limitation of suits to avoid voluntary conveyances, etc.
- § 8.01-254. Limitation on enforcement of bequests and legacies
- § 8.01-255. Time for presenting claim against Commonwealth
- § 8.01-255.1. Limitation of action for breach of condition subsequent or termination of determinable fee simple estate
- § 8.01-255.2. Limitation on motion for new execution after loss of property sold under indemnity bond
- § 8.01-256. As to rights and remedies existing when this chapter takes effect
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