{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/8.01-243.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/8.01-243.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/8.01-243.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/8.01-243.html"}],"law_id":61676,"edition_id":1,"section_id":61676,"structure_id":14110,"section_number":"8.01-243","catch_line":"Personal action for injury to person or property generally; extension in actions for malpractice against health care provider","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 8-24; 1954, c. 589; 1973, c. 385; 1977, c. 617; 1986, cc. 389, 454; 1987, cc. 294, 645, 679; 2008, c. 175; 2011, cc. 617, 641; 2013, cc. 551, 689; 2014, c. 586; 2016, c. 190; 2020, c. 1125; 2023, c. 27.","full_text":"A\n\nUnless otherwise provided in this section or by other statute, every action for personal injuries, whatever the theory of recovery, and every action for damages resulting from fraud, shall be brought within two years after the cause of action accrues.B\n\nEvery action for injury to property, including actions by a parent or guardian of an infant against a tort-feasor for expenses of curing or attempting to cure such infant from the result of a personal injury or loss of services of such infant, shall be brought within five years after the cause of action accrues. An infant’s claim for medical expenses pursuant to subsection B of § 8.01-36 accruing on or after July 1, 2013, shall be governed by the applicable statute of limitations that applies to the infant’s cause of action.C\n\nThe two-year limitations period specified in subsection A shall be extended in actions for malpractice against a health care provider as follows:1\n\nIn cases arising out of a foreign object having no therapeutic or diagnostic effect being left in a patient’s body, for a period of one year from the date the object is discovered or reasonably should have been discovered;2\n\nIn cases in which fraud, concealment, or intentional misrepresentation prevented discovery of the injury within the two-year period, for one year from the date the injury is discovered or, by the exercise of due diligence, reasonably should have been discovered; and3\n\nIn a claim for the negligent failure to diagnose a malignant tumor, cancer, or an intracranial, intraspinal, or spinal schwannoma, for a period of one year from the date the diagnosis of a malignant tumor, cancer, or an intracranial, intraspinal, or spinal schwannoma is communicated to the patient by a health care provider, provided that the health care provider’s underlying act or omission was on or after July 1, 2008, in the case of a malignant tumor or cancer or on or after July 1, 2016, in the case of an intracranial, intraspinal, or spinal schwannoma. Claims under this section for the negligent failure to diagnose a malignant tumor or cancer, where the health care provider’s underlying act or omission occurred prior to July 1, 2008, shall be governed by the statute of limitations that existed prior to July 1, 2008. Claims under this section for the negligent failure to diagnose an intracranial, intraspinal, or spinal schwannoma, where the health care provider’s underlying act or omission occurred prior to July 1, 2016, shall be governed by the statute of limitations that existed prior to July 1, 2016.\n\t\t\t\tHowever, the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to extend the limitations period beyond 10 years from the date the cause of action accrues, except that the provisions of subdivision A 2 of § 8.01-229 shall apply to toll the statute of limitations in actions brought by or on behalf of a person under a disability.D\n\nEvery action for injury to the person, whatever the theory of recovery, resulting from sexual abuse occurring during the infancy or incapacity of the person as set forth in subdivision 6 of § 8.01-249 shall be brought within 20 years after the cause of action accrues.D1\n\nFor a cause of action accruing on or after July 1, 2020, every action for injury to the person, whatever the theory of recovery, resulting from sexual abuse, other than those actions specified in subsection D, shall be brought within 10 years after the cause of action accrues.D2\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of subsections D and D1, every action for injury to the person, whatever the theory of recovery, resulting from sexual abuse occurring when the person was 18 years old or older by a person of authority over a victim shall be brought within 15 years after the cause of action accrues. For the purposes of this subsection, “person of authority” means a person in a position of trust having influence over the victim’s life.E\n\nEvery action for injury to property brought by the Commonwealth against a tort-feasor for expenses arising out of the negligent operation of a motor vehicle shall be brought within five years after the cause of action accrues.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":225175,"text":"Unless otherwise provided in this section or by other statute, every action for personal injuries, whatever the theory of recovery, and every action for damages resulting from fraud, shall be brought within two years after the cause of action accrues.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":225176,"text":"Every action for injury to property, including actions by a parent or guardian of an infant against a tort-feasor for expenses of curing or attempting to cure such infant from the result of a personal injury or loss of services of such infant, shall be brought within five years after the cause of action accrues. An infant’s claim for medical expenses pursuant to subsection B of § 8.01-36 accruing on or after July 1, 2013, shall be governed by the applicable statute of limitations that applies to the infant’s cause of action.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":225177,"text":"The two-year limitations period specified in subsection A shall be extended in actions for malpractice against a health care provider as follows:","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"C1"},"3":{"id":225178,"text":"In cases arising out of a foreign object having no therapeutic or diagnostic effect being left in a patient’s body, for a period of one year from the date the object is discovered or reasonably should have been discovered;","type":"section","prefixes":["C","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"C1","prefix_anchor":"C1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"C2"},"4":{"id":225179,"text":"In cases in which fraud, concealment, or intentional misrepresentation prevented discovery of the injury within the two-year period, for one year from the date the injury is discovered or, by the exercise of due diligence, reasonably should have been discovered; and","type":"section","prefixes":["C","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"C2","prefix_anchor":"C2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"C1","next_prefix":"C3"},"5":{"id":225180,"text":"In a claim for the negligent failure to diagnose a malignant tumor, cancer, or an intracranial, intraspinal, or spinal schwannoma, for a period of one year from the date the diagnosis of a malignant tumor, cancer, or an intracranial, intraspinal, or spinal schwannoma is communicated to the patient by a health care provider, provided that the health care provider’s underlying act or omission was on or after July 1, 2008, in the case of a malignant tumor or cancer or on or after July 1, 2016, in the case of an intracranial, intraspinal, or spinal schwannoma. Claims under this section for the negligent failure to diagnose a malignant tumor or cancer, where the health care provider’s underlying act or omission occurred prior to July 1, 2008, shall be governed by the statute of limitations that existed prior to July 1, 2008. Claims under this section for the negligent failure to diagnose an intracranial, intraspinal, or spinal schwannoma, where the health care provider’s underlying act or omission occurred prior to July 1, 2016, shall be governed by the statute of limitations that existed prior to July 1, 2016.\n\t\t\t\tHowever, the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to extend the limitations period beyond 10 years from the date the cause of action accrues, except that the provisions of subdivision A 2 of § 8.01-229 shall apply to toll the statute of limitations in actions brought by or on behalf of a person under a disability.","type":"section","prefixes":["C","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"C3","prefix_anchor":"C3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"C2","next_prefix":"D"},"6":{"id":225181,"text":"Every action for injury to the person, whatever the theory of recovery, resulting from sexual abuse occurring during the infancy or incapacity of the person as set forth in subdivision 6 of § 8.01-249 shall be brought within 20 years after the cause of action accrues.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C3","next_prefix":"D1"},"7":{"id":225182,"text":"For a cause of action accruing on or after July 1, 2020, every action for injury to the person, whatever the theory of recovery, resulting from sexual abuse, other than those actions specified in subsection D, shall be brought within 10 years after the cause of action accrues.","type":"section","prefixes":["D1"],"prefix":"D1","entire_prefix":"D1","prefix_anchor":"D1","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D","next_prefix":"D2"},"8":{"id":225183,"text":"Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections D and D1, every action for injury to the person, whatever the theory of recovery, resulting from sexual abuse occurring when the person was 18 years old or older by a person of authority over a victim shall be brought within 15 years after the cause of action accrues. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 12 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 1954, chapter 589; in 1973, chapter 385; in 1977, chapter 617; in 1986, chapters 389 and 454; in 1987, chapters 294, 645, and 679; in 2008, chapter 175<\/a>; in 2011, chapters 617<\/a> and 641<\/a>; in 2013, chapters 551<\/a> and 689<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 586<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 190<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 1125<\/a>; in 2023, chapter 27<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":64704,"section_number":"8.01-229","catch_line":"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","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-229\/"},{"id":77377,"section_number":"8.01-243.1","catch_line":"Actions for medical malpractice; minors","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-243.1\/"},{"id":55241,"section_number":"8.01-244","catch_line":"Actions for wrongful death; limitation","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-244\/"},{"id":71139,"section_number":"8.01-246","catch_line":"Personal actions based on contracts","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-246\/"},{"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\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":64704,"section_number":"8.01-229","catch_line":"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","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-229\/"},{"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":54115,"section_number":"8.01-36","catch_line":"Joinder of action of tort to infant with action for recovery of expenses incurred thereby and claim for recovery of expenses by infant","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-36\/"}],"permalink":{"id":281199,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61676,"identifier":"8.01-243","token":"8.01\/4\/3\/8.01-243","url":"\/8.01-243\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-243\/","token":"8.01\/4\/3\/8.01-243","dublin_core":{"Title":"Personal action for injury to person or property generally; extension in actions for malpractice against health care provider","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-243","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Unless otherwise provided in this section or by other statute<\/span>, every action for personal injuries, whatever the theory of recovery, and every action for damages<\/span> resulting from fraud<\/span>, shall be brought within two years after the cause of action<\/span> accrues. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Every action for injury to property, including actions<\/span> by a parent or guardian of an infant against a tort<\/span>-feasor for expenses of curing or attempting to cure such infant from the result of a personal injury or loss of services of such infant, shall be brought within five years after the cause of action<\/span> accrues. An infant’s claim for medical expenses pursuant to subsection B of § 8.01-36<\/a> accruing on or after July 1, 2013, shall be governed by the applicable statute of limitations<\/span> that applies to the infant’s cause of action<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The two-year limitations period specified in subsection A shall be extended in actions<\/span> for malpractice against a health care provider as follows: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> In cases arising out of a foreign object<\/span> having no therapeutic or diagnostic effect being left in a patient’s body, for a period of one year from the date the object<\/span> is discovered or reasonably should have been discovered; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> In cases in which fraud<\/span>, concealment, or intentional misrepresentation prevented discovery<\/span> of the injury within the two-year period, for one year from the date the injury is discovered or, by the exercise of due diligence, reasonably should have been discovered; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> In a claim for the negligent failure to diagnose a malignant tumor, cancer, or an intracranial, intraspinal, or spinal schwannoma, for a period of one year from the date the diagnosis of a malignant tumor, cancer, or an intracranial, intraspinal, or spinal schwannoma is communicated to the patient by a health care provider, provided that the health care provider’s underlying act or omission was on or after July 1, 2008, in the case of a malignant tumor or cancer or on or after July 1, 2016, in the case of an intracranial, intraspinal, or spinal schwannoma. Claims under this section for the negligent failure to diagnose a malignant tumor or cancer, where the health care provider’s underlying act or omission occurred prior to July 1, 2008, shall be governed by the statute of limitations<\/span> that existed prior to July 1, 2008. Claims under this section for the negligent failure to diagnose an intracranial, intraspinal, or spinal schwannoma, where the health care provider’s underlying act or omission occurred prior to July 1, 2016, shall be governed by the statute of limitations<\/span> that existed prior to July 1, 2016.\n\t\t\t\tHowever, the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to extend the limitations period beyond 10 years from the date the cause of action<\/span> accrues, except that the provisions of subdivision A 2 of § 8.01-229<\/a> shall apply to toll the statute of limitations<\/span> in actions<\/span> brought by or on behalf of a person<\/span> under a disability. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Every action for injury to the person<\/span>, whatever the theory of recovery, resulting from sexual abuse occurring during the infancy or incapacity of the person<\/span> as set forth in subdivision 6 of § 8.01-249<\/a> shall be brought within 20 years after the cause of action<\/span> accrues. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D1.<\/span> For a cause of action<\/span> accruing on or after July 1, 2020, every action for injury to the person<\/span>, whatever the theory of recovery, resulting from sexual abuse, other than those actions<\/span> specified in subsection D, shall be brought within 10 years after the cause of action<\/span> accrues. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D2.<\/span> Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections D and D1, every action for injury to the person, whatever the theory of recovery, resulting from sexual abuse occurring when the person was 18 years old or older by a person of authority<\/span> over a victim shall be brought within 15 years after the cause of action<\/span> accrues. For the purposes of this subsection, “person of authority<\/span>” means a person in a position of trust having influence over the victim’s life. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> Every action for injury to property brought by the Commonwealth against a tort<\/span>-feasor for expenses arising out of the negligent operation of a motor vehicle shall be brought within five years after the cause of action<\/span> accrues. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERSONAL ACTION FOR INJURY TO PERSON OR PROPERTY GENERALLY; EXTENSION IN ACTIONS\nFOR MALPRACTICE AGAINST HEALTH CARE PROVIDER (\u00a7 8.01-243)\n\nA. Unless otherwise provided in this section or by other statute, every action\nfor personal injuries, whatever the theory of recovery, and every action for\ndamages resulting from fraud, shall be brought within two years after the cause\nof action accrues.\n\nB. Every action for injury to property, including actions by a parent or\nguardian of an infant against a tort-feasor for expenses of curing or attempting\nto cure such infant from the result of a personal injury or loss of services of\nsuch infant, shall be brought within five years after the cause of action\naccrues. An infant’s claim for medical expenses pursuant to subsection B\nof § 8.01-36 accruing on or after July 1, 2013, shall be governed by the\napplicable statute of limitations that applies to the infant’s cause of\naction.\n\nC. The two-year limitations period specified in subsection A shall be extended\nin actions for malpractice against a health care provider as follows:\n\n 1. In cases arising out of a foreign object having no therapeutic or\n diagnostic effect being left in a patient’s body, for a period of one\n year from the date the object is discovered or reasonably should have been\n discovered;\n\n 2. In cases in which fraud, concealment, or intentional misrepresentation\n prevented discovery of the injury within the two-year period, for one year\n from the date the injury is discovered or, by the exercise of due diligence,\n reasonably should have been discovered; and\n\n 3. In a claim for the negligent failure to diagnose a malignant tumor, cancer,\n or an intracranial, intraspinal, or spinal schwannoma, for a period of one\n year from the date the diagnosis of a malignant tumor, cancer, or an\n intracranial, intraspinal, or spinal schwannoma is communicated to the patient\n by a health care provider, provided that the health care provider’s\n underlying act or omission was on or after July 1, 2008, in the case of a\n malignant tumor or cancer or on or after July 1, 2016, in the case of an\n intracranial, intraspinal, or spinal schwannoma. Claims under this section for\n the negligent failure to diagnose a malignant tumor or cancer, where the\n health care provider’s underlying act or omission occurred prior to July\n 1, 2008, shall be governed by the statute of limitations that existed prior to\n July 1, 2008. Claims under this section for the negligent failure to diagnose\n an intracranial, intraspinal, or spinal schwannoma, where the health care\n provider’s underlying act or omission occurred prior to July 1, 2016,\n shall be governed by the statute of limitations that existed prior to July 1,\n 2016.\n \t\t\t\tHowever, the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to extend the\n limitations period beyond 10 years from the date the cause of action accrues,\n except that the provisions of subdivision A 2 of § 8.01-229 shall apply\n to toll the statute of limitations in actions brought by or on behalf of a\n person under a disability.\n\nD. Every action for injury to the person, whatever the theory of recovery,\nresulting from sexual abuse occurring during the infancy or incapacity of the\nperson as set forth in subdivision 6 of § 8.01-249 shall be brought within\n20 years after the cause of action accrues.\n\nD1. For a cause of action accruing on or after July 1, 2020, every action for\ninjury to the person, whatever the theory of recovery, resulting from sexual\nabuse, other than those actions specified in subsection D, shall be brought\nwithin 10 years after the cause of action accrues.\n\nD2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections D and D1, every action for\ninjury to the person, whatever the theory of recovery, resulting from sexual\nabuse occurring when the person was 18 years old or older by a person of\nauthority over a victim shall be brought within 15 years after the cause of\naction accrues. For the purposes of this subsection, “person of\nauthority” means a person in a position of trust having influence over the\nvictim’s life.\n\nE. Every action for injury to property brought by the Commonwealth against a\ntort-feasor for expenses arising out of the negligent operation of a motor\nvehicle shall be brought within five years after the cause of action accrues.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-24; 1954, c. 589; 1973, c. 385; 1977, c. 617; 1986, cc.\n389, 454; 1987, cc. 294, 645, 679; 2008, c. 175; 2011, cc. 617, 641; 2013, cc.\n551, 689; 2014, c. 586; 2016, c. 190; 2020, c. 1125; 2023, c. 27.","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}}