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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59287</law_id><section_number>38.2-5005</section_number><catch_line>Tolling of statute of limitations</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="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="50">Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">statute of limitations</span> with respect to any <span class="dictionary">civil action</span> that may be brought by or on behalf of an injured infant allegedly arising out of or related to a <span class="dictionary">birth-related neurological injury</span> shall be tolled by the filing of a claim in accordance with this chapter, and the time such claim is pending shall not be computed as part of the period within which such <span class="dictionary">civil action</span> may be brought.</p></section></text><history>1987, c. 540; 1989, c. 523; 2003, c. 897.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
