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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56662</law_id><section_number>1-230</section_number><catch_line>Person</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>10.1-603.28</reference><reference>3.2-3800</reference><reference>3.2-4400</reference><reference>3.2-6594</reference><reference>3.2-700</reference><reference>3.2-800</reference><reference>3.2-900</reference><reference>32.1-325.1:1</reference><reference>33.2-2200</reference><reference>54.1-3401</reference><reference>56-265.10</reference></referred_to_by><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>&#x201C;Person&#x201D; includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 5; Code 1950, &#xA7; 1-13; 1950, p. 22, &#xA7; 1-13.19; 1988, c. 36; 2005, c. 839.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
