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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 555<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":281339,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56130,"identifier":"8.01-267.2","token":"8.01\/5.1\/8.01-267.2","url":"\/8.01-267.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-267.2\/","token":"8.01\/5.1\/8.01-267.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"When actions pending in same court","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-267.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For purposes of this chapter, actions<\/span> shall be considered pending in the same circuit<\/span> court<\/span> when they have been (i) filed in that court<\/span>, regardless of whether the defendant<\/span> has been served with process, or (ii) properly transferred to that court<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN ACTIONS PENDING IN SAME COURT (\u00a7 8.01-267.2)\n\nFor purposes of this chapter, actions shall be considered pending in the same\ncircuit court when they have been (i) filed in that court, regardless of whether\nthe defendant has been served with process, or (ii) properly transferred to that\ncourt.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 555.","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}}