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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 617 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1996, chapter 328<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78685,"section_number":"56-235.8","catch_line":"Retail supply choice for natural gas customers","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-235.8\/"},{"id":77066,"section_number":"56-593","catch_line":"Retail customers' private right of action; marketing practices","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-593\/"},{"id":75565,"section_number":"8.01-251","catch_line":"Limitations on enforcement of judgments","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-251\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":70251,"section_number":"8.01-233","catch_line":"When action deemed brought on counterclaim or cross-claim; when statute of limitations tolled; defendant's consent required for dismissal","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-233\/"},{"id":73370,"section_number":"8.01-245","catch_line":"Limitation on actions upon the bond of any fiduciaries or as to suits against fiduciaries themselves; accrual of cause of action where execution sustained","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-245\/"},{"id":87200,"section_number":"8.01-249","catch_line":"When cause of action shall be deemed to accrue in certain personal actions","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-249\/"},{"id":86776,"section_number":"8.01-250","catch_line":"Limitation on certain actions for damages arising out of defective or unsafe condition of improvements to real property","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-250\/"}],"permalink":{"id":281139,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74083,"identifier":"8.01-230","token":"8.01\/4\/1\/8.01-230","url":"\/8.01-230\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-230\/","token":"8.01\/4\/1\/8.01-230","dublin_core":{"Title":"Accrual of right of action","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-230","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In every action<\/span> for which a limitation period is prescribed, the right of action<\/span> shall be deemed to accrue and the prescribed limitation period shall begin to run from the date the injury is sustained in the case of injury to the person<\/span> or damage to property, when the breach of contract<\/span> occurs in actions<\/span> ex contractu and not when the resulting damage is discovered, except where the relief sought is solely equitable<\/span> or where otherwise provided under \u00a7 8.01-233<\/a>, subsection C of \u00a7 8.01-245<\/a>, \u00a7\u00a7 8.01-249<\/a>, 8.01-250<\/a> or other statute<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACCRUAL OF RIGHT OF ACTION (\u00a7 8.01-230)\n\nIn every action for which a limitation period is prescribed, the right of action\nshall be deemed to accrue and the prescribed limitation period shall begin to\nrun from the date the injury is sustained in the case of injury to the person or\ndamage to property, when the breach of contract occurs in actions ex contractu\nand not when the resulting damage is discovered, except where the relief sought\nis solely equitable or where otherwise provided under \u00a7 8.01-233, subsection C\nof \u00a7 8.01-245, \u00a7\u00a7 8.01-249, 8.01-250 or other statute.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 617; 1996, c. 328.","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}}