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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60353</law_id><section_number>65.2-601</section_number><catch_line>Time for filing claim</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>65.2-406</reference><reference>65.2-514</reference><reference>65.2-601.1</reference><reference>65.2-601.2</reference><reference>65.2-714</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="65.2">Workers' Compensation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6">Notice of Accident; Filing Claims; Medical Attention and Examination</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The right to compensation under this title shall be forever barred, unless a claim be <span class="dictionary">filed</span> with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> within two years after the accident. Death benefits payable under this title shall be payable only if: (i) death results from the accident, (ii) a claim for benefits under this title has been <span class="dictionary">filed</span> within two years after the accident, and (iii) the claim for such death benefits is <span class="dictionary">filed</span> within two years from the date of death.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 65-84; 1968, c. 660, &#xA7; 65.1-87; 1975, c. 471; 1984, c. 231; 1991, c. 355.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
