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I, c. 195.","full_text":"The cause of action in the actions herein listed shall be deemed to accrue as follows:\n\n1\n\nIn actions for fraud or mistake, in actions for violations of the Consumer Protection Act (§ 59.1-196 et seq.) based upon any misrepresentation, deception, or fraud, and in actions for rescission of contract for undue influence, when such fraud, mistake, misrepresentation, deception, or undue influence is discovered or by the exercise of due diligence reasonably should have been discovered;2\n\nIn actions or other proceedings for money on deposit with a bank or any person or corporation doing a banking business, when a request in writing be made therefor by check, order, or otherwise;3\n\nIn actions for malicious prosecution or abuse of process, when the relevant criminal or civil action is terminated;4\n\nIn actions for injury to the person resulting from exposure to asbestos or products containing asbestos, when a diagnosis of asbestosis, interstitial fibrosis, mesothelioma, or other disabling asbestos-related injury or disease is first communicated to the person or his agent by a physician. However, no such action may be brought more than two years after the death of such person. The diagnosis of a nonmalignant asbestos-related injury or disease shall not accrue an action based upon the subsequent diagnosis of a malignant asbestos-related injury or disease, and such subsequent diagnosis shall constitute a separate injury that shall accrue an action when such diagnosis is first communicated to the person or his agent by a physician;\n\t\t\t4a. In actions for injury to the person resulting from the exposure to a substance or a combination of substances or the use of a product, when such injury is latent, other than (i) those asbestos-related injuries specified in subdivision 4 and (ii) claims against health care providers as defined in § 8.01-581.1, when the person knew or should have known of the injury and its causal connection to an injury-causing substance or product. However, no such action may be brought more than two years after the death of such person. For purposes of this subdivision, “latent” refers to injuries that remain dormant or do not develop and, therefore, are undiagnosable during the period of limitations set forth in subsection A of § 8.01-243;5\n\nIn actions for contribution or for indemnification, when the contributee or the indemnitee has paid or discharged the obligation. A third-party claim permitted by subsection A of § 8.01-281 and the Rules of Court may be asserted before such cause of action is deemed to accrue hereunder;6\n\nIn actions for injury to the person, whatever the theory of recovery, resulting from sexual abuse occurring during the infancy or incapacity of the person, upon the later of the removal of the disability of infancy or incapacity as provided in § 8.01-229 or when the fact of the injury and its causal connection to the sexual abuse is first communicated to the person by a licensed physician, psychologist, or clinical psychologist. As used in this subdivision, “sexual abuse” means sexual abuse as defined in subdivision 6 of § 18.2-67.10 and acts constituting rape, sodomy, object sexual penetration or sexual battery as defined in Article 7 (§ 18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2;7\n\nIn products liability actions against parties other than health care providers as defined in § 8.01-581.1 for injury to the person resulting from or arising as a result of the implantation of any prosthetic device for breast augmentation or reconstruction, when the fact of the injury and its causal connection to the implantation is first communicated to the person by a physician;8\n\nIn actions on an open account, from the later of the last payment or last charge for goods or services rendered on the account;9\n\nIn products liability actions against parties other than health care providers as defined in § 8.01-581.1 for injury to the person resulting from or arising as a result of the implantation of any medical device, when the person knew or should have known of the injury and its causal connection to the device.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":312246,"text":"The cause of action in the actions herein listed shall be deemed to accrue as follows:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"1"},"1":{"id":312247,"text":"In actions for fraud or mistake, in actions for violations of the Consumer Protection Act (§ 59.1-196 et seq.) based upon any misrepresentation, deception, or fraud, and in actions for rescission of contract for undue influence, when such fraud, mistake, misrepresentation, deception, or undue influence is discovered or by the exercise of due diligence reasonably should have been discovered;","type":"section","prefixes":["1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"1","prefix_anchor":"1","level":1,"prior_prefix":"","next_prefix":"2"},"2":{"id":312248,"text":"In actions or other proceedings for money on deposit with a bank or any person or corporation doing a banking business, when a request in writing be made therefor by check, order, or otherwise;","type":"section","prefixes":["2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"2","prefix_anchor":"2","level":1,"prior_prefix":"1","next_prefix":"3"},"3":{"id":312249,"text":"In actions for malicious prosecution or abuse of process, when the relevant criminal or civil action is terminated;","type":"section","prefixes":["3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"3","prefix_anchor":"3","level":1,"prior_prefix":"2","next_prefix":"4"},"4":{"id":312250,"text":"In actions for injury to the person resulting from exposure to asbestos or products containing asbestos, when a diagnosis of asbestosis, interstitial fibrosis, mesothelioma, or other disabling asbestos-related injury or disease is first communicated to the person or his agent by a physician. However, no such action may be brought more than two years after the death of such person. The diagnosis of a nonmalignant asbestos-related injury or disease shall not accrue an action based upon the subsequent diagnosis of a malignant asbestos-related injury or disease, and such subsequent diagnosis shall constitute a separate injury that shall accrue an action when such diagnosis is first communicated to the person or his agent by a physician;\n\t\t\t4a. In actions for injury to the person resulting from the exposure to a substance or a combination of substances or the use of a product, when such injury is latent, other than (i) those asbestos-related injuries specified in subdivision 4 and (ii) claims against health care providers as defined in § 8.01-581.1, when the person knew or should have known of the injury and its causal connection to an injury-causing substance or product. However, no such action may be brought more than two years after the death of such person. 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As used in this subdivision, “sexual abuse” means sexual abuse as defined in subdivision 6 of § 18.2-67.10 and acts constituting rape, sodomy, object sexual penetration or sexual battery as defined in Article 7 (§ 18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2;","type":"section","prefixes":["6"],"prefix":"6","entire_prefix":"6","prefix_anchor":"6","level":1,"prior_prefix":"5","next_prefix":"7"},"7":{"id":312253,"text":"In products liability actions against parties other than health care providers as defined in § 8.01-581.1 for injury to the person resulting from or arising as a result of the implantation of any prosthetic device for breast augmentation or reconstruction, when the fact of the injury and its causal connection to the implantation is first communicated to the person by a physician;","type":"section","prefixes":["7"],"prefix":"7","entire_prefix":"7","prefix_anchor":"7","level":1,"prior_prefix":"6","next_prefix":"8"},"8":{"id":312254,"text":"In actions on an open account, from the later of the last payment or last charge for goods or services rendered on the account;","type":"section","prefixes":["8"],"prefix":"8","entire_prefix":"8","prefix_anchor":"8","level":1,"prior_prefix":"7","next_prefix":"9"},"9":{"id":312255,"text":"In products liability actions against parties other than health care providers as defined in § 8.01-581.1 for injury to the person resulting from or arising as a result of the implantation of any medical device, when the person knew or should have known of the injury and its causal connection to the device.","type":"section","prefixes":["9"],"prefix":"9","entire_prefix":"9","prefix_anchor":"9","level":1,"prior_prefix":"8"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14110,"edition_id":1,"name":"Personal Actions Generally","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14109,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:54","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:54","permalink":{"id":281197,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14110,"identifier":"3","token":"8.01\/4\/3","url":"\/8.01\/4\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14109,"edition_id":1,"name":"Limitations of Actions","identifier":"4","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12747,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:54","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:54","permalink":{"id":281127,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14109,"identifier":"4","token":"8.01\/4","url":"\/8.01\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12747,"edition_id":1,"name":"Civil Remedies and Procedure","identifier":"8.01","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":277029,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12747,"identifier":"8.01","token":"8.01","url":"\/8.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":61676,"structure_id":14110,"section_number":"8.01-243","catch_line":"Personal action for injury to person or property generally; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 14 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 118; in 1977, chapter 617; in 1985, chapter 459; in 1986, chapter 601; in 1991, chapter 674; in 1992, chapter 817; in 1993, chapter 523; in 1995, chapter 268<\/a>; in 1997, chapters 565<\/a> and 801<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 213<\/a>; in 2013, chapter 292<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 353<\/a>; in 2020, chapters 99<\/a> and 180<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":74083,"section_number":"8.01-230","catch_line":"Accrual of right of action","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-230\/"},{"id":61676,"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","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-243\/"},{"id":76737,"section_number":"8.01-265","catch_line":"Change of venue by court","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-265\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":75662,"section_number":"18.2-61","catch_line":"Rape","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-61\/"},{"id":77985,"section_number":"18.2-67.10","catch_line":"General definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-67.10\/"},{"id":56198,"section_number":"59.1-196","catch_line":"Title","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-196\/"},{"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":61676,"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","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-243\/"},{"id":55936,"section_number":"8.01-281","catch_line":"Pleading in alternative; separate trial on motion of party","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-281\/"},{"id":79489,"section_number":"8.01-581.1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-581.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":281235,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87200,"identifier":"8.01-249","token":"8.01\/4\/3\/8.01-249","url":"\/8.01-249\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-249\/","token":"8.01\/4\/3\/8.01-249","dublin_core":{"Title":"When cause of action shall be deemed to accrue in certain personal actions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-249","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The cause of action<\/span> in the actions<\/span> herein listed shall be deemed to accrue as follows:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> In actions<\/span> for fraud<\/span> or mistake, in actions<\/span> for violations of the Consumer Protection Act (§ 59.1-196<\/a> et seq.) based upon any misrepresentation, deception, or fraud<\/span>, and in actions<\/span> for rescission of contract<\/span> for undue influence, when such fraud<\/span>, mistake, misrepresentation, deception, or undue influence is discovered or by the exercise of due diligence reasonably should have been discovered; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> In actions<\/span> or other proceedings for money on deposit with a bank or any person<\/span> or corporation doing a banking business, when a request in writing be made therefor by check, order<\/span>, or otherwise; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> In actions<\/span> for malicious<\/span> prosecution<\/span> or abuse of process, when the relevant criminal or civil action<\/span> is terminated; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> In actions<\/span> for injury to the person<\/span> resulting from exposure to asbestos or products containing asbestos, when a diagnosis of asbestosis, interstitial fibrosis, mesothelioma, or other disabling asbestos-related injury or disease is first communicated to the person<\/span> or his agent by a physician. However, no such action may be brought more than two years after the death of such person<\/span>. The diagnosis of a nonmalignant asbestos-related injury or disease shall not accrue an action based upon the subsequent diagnosis of a malignant asbestos-related injury or disease, and such subsequent diagnosis shall constitute a separate injury that shall accrue an action when such diagnosis is first communicated to the person<\/span> or his agent by a physician;\n\t\t\t4a. In actions<\/span> for injury to the person<\/span> resulting from the exposure to a substance or a combination of substances or the use of a product, when such injury is latent, other than (i) those asbestos-related injuries specified in subdivision 4 and (ii) claims against health care providers as defined in § 8.01-581.1<\/a>, when the person<\/span> knew or should have known of the injury and its causal connection to an injury-causing substance or product. However, no such action may be brought more than two years after the death of such person<\/span>. For purposes of this subdivision, “latent” refers to injuries that remain dormant or do not develop and, therefore, are undiagnosable during the period of limitations set forth in subsection A of § 8.01-243<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> In actions<\/span> for contribution or for indemnification, when the contributee or the indemnitee has paid or discharged the obligation. A third-party<\/span> claim permitted by subsection A of § 8.01-281<\/a> and the Rules of Court<\/span> may be asserted before such cause of action<\/span> is deemed to accrue hereunder; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> In actions<\/span> for injury to the person<\/span>, whatever the theory of recovery, resulting from sexual abuse<\/span> occurring during the infancy or incapacity of the person<\/span>, upon the later of the removal of the disability of infancy or incapacity as provided in § 8.01-229<\/a> or when the fact<\/span> of the injury and its causal connection to the sexual abuse<\/span> is first communicated to the person<\/span> by a licensed physician, psychologist, or clinical psychologist. As used in this subdivision, “sexual abuse<\/span>” means sexual abuse<\/span> as defined in subdivision 6 of § 18.2-67.10<\/a> and acts constituting rape<\/span>, sodomy, object<\/span> sexual penetration or sexual battery<\/span> as defined in Article 7 (§ 18.2-61<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> In products liability actions<\/span> against parties other than health care providers as defined in § 8.01-581.1<\/a> for injury to the person<\/span> resulting from or arising as a result of the implantation of any prosthetic device for breast augmentation or reconstruction, when the fact<\/span> of the injury and its causal connection to the implantation is first communicated to the person<\/span> by a physician; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

8.<\/span> In actions<\/span> on an open account, from the later of the last payment or last charge for goods or services rendered on the account; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

9.<\/span> In products liability actions<\/span> against parties other than health care providers as defined in § 8.01-581.1<\/a> for injury to the person<\/span> resulting from or arising as a result of the implantation of any medical device, when the person<\/span> knew or should have known of the injury and its causal connection to the device. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO ACCRUE IN CERTAIN PERSONAL ACTIONS (\u00a7\n8.01-249)\n\nThe cause of action in the actions herein listed shall be deemed to accrue as\nfollows:\n\n1. In actions for fraud or mistake, in actions for violations of the Consumer\nProtection Act (§ 59.1-196 et seq.) based upon any misrepresentation,\ndeception, or fraud, and in actions for rescission of contract for undue\ninfluence, when such fraud, mistake, misrepresentation, deception, or undue\ninfluence is discovered or by the exercise of due diligence reasonably should\nhave been discovered;\n\n2. In actions or other proceedings for money on deposit with a bank or any\nperson or corporation doing a banking business, when a request in writing be\nmade therefor by check, order, or otherwise;\n\n3. In actions for malicious prosecution or abuse of process, when the relevant\ncriminal or civil action is terminated;\n\n4. In actions for injury to the person resulting from exposure to asbestos or\nproducts containing asbestos, when a diagnosis of asbestosis, interstitial\nfibrosis, mesothelioma, or other disabling asbestos-related injury or disease is\nfirst communicated to the person or his agent by a physician. However, no such\naction may be brought more than two years after the death of such person. The\ndiagnosis of a nonmalignant asbestos-related injury or disease shall not accrue\nan action based upon the subsequent diagnosis of a malignant asbestos-related\ninjury or disease, and such subsequent diagnosis shall constitute a separate\ninjury that shall accrue an action when such diagnosis is first communicated to\nthe person or his agent by a physician;\n\t\t\t4a. In actions for injury to the person resulting from the exposure to a\nsubstance or a combination of substances or the use of a product, when such\ninjury is latent, other than (i) those asbestos-related injuries specified in\nsubdivision 4 and (ii) claims against health care providers as defined in §\n8.01-581.1, when the person knew or should have known of the injury and its\ncausal connection to an injury-causing substance or product. However, no such\naction may be brought more than two years after the death of such person. For\npurposes of this subdivision, “latent” refers to injuries that\nremain dormant or do not develop and, therefore, are undiagnosable during the\nperiod of limitations set forth in subsection A of § 8.01-243;\n\n5. In actions for contribution or for indemnification, when the contributee or\nthe indemnitee has paid or discharged the obligation. A third-party claim\npermitted by subsection A of § 8.01-281 and the Rules of Court may be\nasserted before such cause of action is deemed to accrue hereunder;\n\n6. In actions for injury to the person, whatever the theory of recovery,\nresulting from sexual abuse occurring during the infancy or incapacity of the\nperson, upon the later of the removal of the disability of infancy or incapacity\nas provided in § 8.01-229 or when the fact of the injury and its causal\nconnection to the sexual abuse is first communicated to the person by a licensed\nphysician, psychologist, or clinical psychologist. As used in this subdivision,\n“sexual abuse” means sexual abuse as defined in subdivision 6 of\n§ 18.2-67.10 and acts constituting rape, sodomy, object sexual penetration\nor sexual battery as defined in Article 7 (§ 18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4\nof Title 18.2;\n\n7. In products liability actions against parties other than health care\nproviders as defined in § 8.01-581.1 for injury to the person resulting\nfrom or arising as a result of the implantation of any prosthetic device for\nbreast augmentation or reconstruction, when the fact of the injury and its\ncausal connection to the implantation is first communicated to the person by a\nphysician;\n\n8. In actions on an open account, from the later of the last payment or last\ncharge for goods or services rendered on the account;\n\n9. In products liability actions against parties other than health care\nproviders as defined in § 8.01-581.1 for injury to the person resulting\nfrom or arising as a result of the implantation of any medical device, when the\nperson knew or should have known of the injury and its causal connection to the\ndevice.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 8-13, 8-14; 1964, c. 219; 1966, c. 118; 1977, c. 617;\n1985, c. 459; 1986, c. 601; 1991, c. 674; 1992, c. 817; 1993, c. 523; 1995, c.\n268; 1997, cc. 565, 801; 2005, c. 213; 2013, c. 292; 2016, c. 353; 2020, cc. 99,\n180; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 195.","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}}