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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60203</law_id><section_number>1-204</section_number><catch_line>Age of majority</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2.1">Common Law and Rules of Construction</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Rules of Construction and Definitions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For the purposes of all <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth including <span class="dictionary">common law</span>, <span class="dictionary">case law</span>, and the acts of the General Assembly, unless an exception is specifically provided in this Code, a person shall be an adult, shall be of full age, and shall reach the age of majority when he becomes 18 years of age.</p></section></text><history>1972, cc. 824, 825, &#xA7; 1-13.42; 2005, c. 839.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
