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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 871<\/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. 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 2025, chapter 337<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":87276,"section_number":"53.1-261","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-261\/"}],"permalink":{"id":279603,"object_type":"law","relational_id":53980,"identifier":"8.01-690","token":"8.01\/27\/8.01-690","url":"\/8.01-690\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-690\/","token":"8.01\/27\/8.01-690","dublin_core":{"Title":"Applicability provisions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-690","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all pro se<\/span> civil actions<\/span> for money damages<\/span> brought under the laws<\/span> of this Commonwealth, or for injunctive, declaratory, or mandamus relief, brought by prisoners incarcerated in any state or local correctional facility, including a facility operated pursuant to the Corrections Private Services Act (\u00a7 53.1-261<\/a> et seq.).<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICABILITY PROVISIONS (\u00a7 8.01-690)\n\nThe provisions of this chapter shall apply to all pro se civil actions for money\ndamages brought under the laws of this Commonwealth, or for injunctive,\ndeclaratory, or mandamus relief, brought by prisoners incarcerated in any state\nor local correctional facility, including a facility operated pursuant to the\nCorrections Private Services Act (\u00a7 53.1-261 et seq.).\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 871; 2025, c. 337.","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}}