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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63063</law_id><section_number>53.1-17.10</section_number><catch_line>Exhaustion of remedies</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="53.1">Prisons and Other Methods of Correction</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Administration Generally</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="4">Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any action or lack of action by the Office on a complaint made pursuant to this article shall not be deemed an administrative procedure required for exhaustion of remedies before bringing an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. &#xA7;&#xA0;1997(e).</p></section></text><history>2024, cc. 392, 393.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
