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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67166</law_id><section_number>8.01-131</section_number><catch_line>Action of ejectment retained; when and by whom brought</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>28.2-1511</reference><reference>8.01-166</reference><reference>8.01-167</reference><reference>8.01-174</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Actions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="14">Ejectment</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">action</span> of ejectment is retained, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, and to the applicable Rules of <span class="dictionary">Court</span>. <a id="paragraph-243376" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-131/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Such <span class="dictionary">action</span> may be brought in the same cases in which a <span class="dictionary">writ</span> of right might have been brought prior to the first day of July, 1850, and by any <span class="dictionary">person</span> claiming real estate in fee or for life or for years, either as heir, devisee or purchaser, or otherwise. <a id="paragraph-243377" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-131/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 8-796, 8-797; 1954, c. 333; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
