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When an act of the General Assembly or rule of court requires that an act be performed within a prescribed amount of time after any event or judgment, the day on which the event or judgment occurred shall not be counted against the time allowed.B\n\nWhen the last day for performing an act during the course of a judicial proceeding falls on a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or any day or part of a day on which the clerk&#8217;s office is closed as authorized by an act of the General Assembly, the act may be performed on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day or part of a day on which the clerk&#8217;s office is closed as authorized by an act of the General Assembly.C\n\nWhen an act of the General Assembly specifies a maximum period of time in which a legal action may be brought and the last day of that period falls on a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day or part of a day on which the clerk&#8217;s office is closed as authorized by an act of the General Assembly, the action may be brought on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day or part of a day on which the clerk&#8217;s office is closed as authorized by an act of the General Assembly.D\n\nAny court or proceeding authorized to be adjourned from day to day shall not be required to meet on a Sunday or legal holiday.E\n\nWhen an act of the General Assembly or local governing body, order of the court, or administrative regulation or order requires, either by specification of a date or by a prescribed period of time, that an act be performed or an action be filed on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday or on any day or part of a day on which the state or local government office where the act to be performed or the action to be filed is closed, the act may be performed or the action may be filed on the next business day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day on which the state or local government office is closed.F\n\nFor the purposes of this section, any day on which the Governor authorizes the closing of the state government shall be considered a legal holiday.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":263139,"text":"When an act of the General Assembly or rule of court requires that an act be performed a prescribed amount of time before a motion or proceeding, the day of such motion or proceeding shall not be counted against the time allowed, but the day on which such act is performed may be counted as part of the time. 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It has been modified 8 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1962, chapters 104 and 284; in 1977, chapter 93; in 1986, chapter 166; in 1987, chapter 92; in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0839\">839<\/a>; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0816\">816<\/a>; in 2010, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0096\">96<\/a>; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0596\">596<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71312,"section_number":"16.1-241","catch_line":"Jurisdiction; consent for abortion","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-241\/"},{"id":74349,"section_number":"16.1-69.35","catch_line":"Administrative duties of chief district judge","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-69.35\/"},{"id":81009,"section_number":"17.1-207","catch_line":"Days of operation of clerks' offices","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-207\/"},{"id":59304,"section_number":"17.1-705.2","catch_line":"Days when circuit courts shall be open","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-705.2\/"},{"id":68540,"section_number":"30-393","catch_line":"Redistricting Commission Selection Committee; chairman; quorum; compensation and expenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-393\/"},{"id":61980,"section_number":"30-394","catch_line":"Citizen commissioners; application process; qualifications; selection","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-394\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":142899,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73076,"identifier":"1-210","token":"1\/2.1\/2\/1-210","url":"\/1-210\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/1-210\/","token":"1\/2.1\/2\/1-210","dublin_core":{"Title":"Computation of time","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 1-210","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> When an act of the General Assembly or rule of <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> requires that an act be performed a prescribed amount of time before a <span class=\"dictionary\">motion<\/span> or proceeding, the day of such <span class=\"dictionary\">motion<\/span> or proceeding shall not be counted against the time allowed, but the day on which such act is performed may be counted as part of the time. When an act of the General Assembly or rule of <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> requires that an act be performed within a prescribed amount of time after any event or <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment<\/span>, the day on which the event or <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment<\/span> occurred shall not be counted against the time allowed. <a id=\"paragraph-263139\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/1-210\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> When the last day for performing an act during the course of a judicial proceeding falls on a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or any day or part of a day on which the clerk&#8217;s office is closed as authorized by an act of the General Assembly, the act may be performed on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day or part of a day on which the clerk&#8217;s office is closed as authorized by an act of the General Assembly. <a id=\"paragraph-263140\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/1-210\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> When an act of the General Assembly specifies a maximum period of time in which a legal action may be brought and the last day of that period falls on a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day or part of a day on which the clerk&#8217;s office is closed as authorized by an act of the General Assembly, the action may be brought on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day or part of a day on which the clerk&#8217;s office is closed as authorized by an act of the General Assembly. <a id=\"paragraph-263141\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/1-210\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> or proceeding authorized to be adjourned from day to day shall not be required to meet on a Sunday or legal holiday. <a id=\"paragraph-263142\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/1-210\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"E\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">E.<\/span> When an act of the General Assembly or local governing body, <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>, or administrative regulation or <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> requires, either by specification of a date or by a prescribed period of time, that an act be performed or an action be filed on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday or on any day or part of a day on which the state or local government office where the act to be performed or the action to be filed is closed, the act may be performed or the action may be filed on the next business day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day on which the state or local government office is closed. <a id=\"paragraph-263143\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/1-210\/#E\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"F\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">F.<\/span> For the purposes of this section, any day on which the Governor authorizes the closing of the state government shall be considered a legal holiday. <a id=\"paragraph-263144\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/1-210\/#F\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPUTATION OF TIME (\u00a7 1-210)\n\nA. When an act of the General Assembly or rule of court requires that an act be\nperformed a prescribed amount of time before a motion or proceeding, the day of\nsuch motion or proceeding shall not be counted against the time allowed, but the\nday on which such act is performed may be counted as part of the time. When an\nact of the General Assembly or rule of court requires that an act be performed\nwithin a prescribed amount of time after any event or judgment, the day on which\nthe event or judgment occurred shall not be counted against the time allowed.\n\nB. When the last day for performing an act during the course of a judicial\nproceeding falls on a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or any day or part of a\nday on which the clerk&#8217;s office is closed as authorized by an act of the\nGeneral Assembly, the act may be performed on the next day that is not a\nSaturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day or part of a day on which the\nclerk&#8217;s office is closed as authorized by an act of the General Assembly.\n\nC. When an act of the General Assembly specifies a maximum period of time in\nwhich a legal action may be brought and the last day of that period falls on a\nSaturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day or part of a day on which the\nclerk&#8217;s office is closed as authorized by an act of the General Assembly,\nthe action may be brought on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal\nholiday, or day or part of a day on which the clerk&#8217;s office is closed as\nauthorized by an act of the General Assembly.\n\nD. Any court or proceeding authorized to be adjourned from day to day shall not\nbe required to meet on a Sunday or legal holiday.\n\nE. When an act of the General Assembly or local governing body, order of the\ncourt, or administrative regulation or order requires, either by specification\nof a date or by a prescribed period of time, that an act be performed or an\naction be filed on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday or on any day or part of\na day on which the state or local government office where the act to be\nperformed or the action to be filed is closed, the act may be performed or the\naction may be filed on the next business day that is not a Saturday, Sunday,\nlegal holiday, or day on which the state or local government office is closed.\n\nF. For the purposes of this section, any day on which the Governor authorizes\nthe closing of the state government shall be considered a legal holiday.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5; 1932, p. 24; Code 1950, \u00a7 1-13; 1950, pp. 21, 23,\n\u00a7\u00a7 1-13.3, 1-13.27; 1962, cc. 104, 284, \u00a7 1-13.3:1; 1977, c. 93; 1986, c.\n166; 1987, c. 92; 2005, c. 839; 2008, c. 816; 2010, c. 96; 2014, c. 596.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}