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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 24 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 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":278035,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84534,"identifier":"8.01-465.19","token":"8.01\/17.3\/8.01-465.19","url":"\/8.01-465.19\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-465.19\/","token":"8.01\/17.3\/8.01-465.19","dublin_core":{"Title":"Asserting and defending foreign-money claim","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-465.19","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> may assert a claim in a specified <span class=\"dictionary\">foreign money<\/span>. If a <span class=\"dictionary\">foreign-money claim<\/span> is not asserted, the claimant makes the claim in United <span class=\"dictionary\">States<\/span> dollars.\n\t\tAn opposing <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> may allege and shall prove that all or part of a claim is in a different money than that asserted by the claimant. A <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> may assert a defense, setoff, recoupment, or <span class=\"dictionary\">counterclaim<\/span> in any money without regard to the money of other claims.\n\t\tThe determination of the proper <span class=\"dictionary\">money of the claim<\/span> is a question of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nASSERTING AND DEFENDING FOREIGN-MONEY CLAIM (\u00a7 8.01-465.19)\n\nA person may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign-money\nclaim is not asserted, the claimant makes the claim in United States dollars.\n\t\tAn opposing party may allege and shall prove that all or part of a claim is in\na different money than that asserted by the claimant. A person may assert a\ndefense, setoff, recoupment, or counterclaim in any money without regard to the\nmoney of other claims.\n\t\tThe determination of the proper money of the claim is a question of law.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 24.","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}}