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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1964, chapter 219; in 1966, chapter 396; in 1977, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":81896,"section_number":"8.9A-403","catch_line":"Agreement not to assert defenses against assignee","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-403\/"}],"permalink":{"id":278493,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57842,"identifier":"8.01-13","token":"8.01\/2\/2\/8.01-13","url":"\/8.01-13\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-13\/","token":"8.01\/2\/2\/8.01-13","dublin_core":{"Title":"Assignee or beneficial owner may sue in own name; certain discounts allowed","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-13","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The assignee or beneficial owner of any bond<\/span>, note, writing or other chose in action<\/span>, not negotiable may maintain thereon in his own name any action<\/span> which the original obligee, payee, or contracting party<\/span> might have brought, but, except as provided in \u00a7 8.9A-403<\/a>, shall allow all just discounts, not only against himself, but against such obligee, payee, or contracting party<\/span>, before the defendant<\/span> had notice of the assignment or transfer by such obligee, payee, or contracting party<\/span>, and shall also allow all such discounts against any intermediate assignor or transferor, the right to which was acquired on the faith of the assignment or transfer to him and before the defendant<\/span> had notice of the assignment or transfer by such assignor or transferor to another.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nASSIGNEE OR BENEFICIAL OWNER MAY SUE IN OWN NAME; CERTAIN DISCOUNTS ALLOWED (\u00a7\n8.01-13)\n\nThe assignee or beneficial owner of any bond, note, writing or other chose in\naction, not negotiable may maintain thereon in his own name any action which the\noriginal obligee, payee, or contracting party might have brought, but, except as\nprovided in \u00a7 8.9A-403, shall allow all just discounts, not only against\nhimself, but against such obligee, payee, or contracting party, before the\ndefendant had notice of the assignment or transfer by such obligee, payee, or\ncontracting party, and shall also allow all such discounts against any\nintermediate assignor or transferor, the right to which was acquired on the\nfaith of the assignment or transfer to him and before the defendant had notice\nof the assignment or transfer by such assignor or transferor to another.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-94; 1964, c. 219; 1966, c. 396; 1977, c. 617.","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}}