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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 262 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 1985 \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 1986, chapter 458.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":61345,"section_number":"8.01-234","catch_line":"Repeal of limitation not to remove bar of statute","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-234\/"}],"permalink":{"id":281243,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82721,"identifier":"8.01-250.1","token":"8.01\/4\/3\/8.01-250.1","url":"\/8.01-250.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-250.1\/","token":"8.01\/4\/3\/8.01-250.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Limitation on actions involving removal of asbestos","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-250.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 8.01-234<\/a> or any other section in this chapter, every action<\/span> against a manufacturer or supplier of asbestos or material<\/span> containing asbestos brought by or on behalf of any agency of the Commonwealth incorporated for charitable or educational purposes; counties, cities or towns; or school boards, to recover for (i) removal of asbestos or materials<\/span> containing asbestos from any building owned or used by such entity, (ii) other measures taken to correct or ameliorate any problem related to asbestos in such building or (iii) reimbursement for such removal, correction or amelioration which would otherwise be barred prior to July 1, 1990, as a result of expiration of the applicable period of limitation, is hereby revived or extended. Any action<\/span> thereon may be commenced prior to July 1, 1990.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIMITATION ON ACTIONS INVOLVING REMOVAL OF ASBESTOS (\u00a7 8.01-250.1)\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 8.01-234 or any other section in this\nchapter, every action against a manufacturer or supplier of asbestos or material\ncontaining asbestos brought by or on behalf of any agency of the Commonwealth\nincorporated for charitable or educational purposes; counties, cities or towns;\nor school boards, to recover for (i) removal of asbestos or materials containing\nasbestos from any building owned or used by such entity, (ii) other measures\ntaken to correct or ameliorate any problem related to asbestos in such building\nor (iii) reimbursement for such removal, correction or amelioration which would\notherwise be barred prior to July 1, 1990, as a result of expiration of the\napplicable period of limitation, is hereby revived or extended. Any action\nthereon may be commenced prior to July 1, 1990.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 262; 1986, c. 458.","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}}