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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69240</law_id><section_number>8.01-219.1</section_number><catch_line>Responsibility of possessor of real property for harm to trespasser</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="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="21">Miscellaneous Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A possessor of real property, including an owner, lessee, or other lawful occupant, owes no duty of care to a trespasser except in those circumstances where a common-<span class="dictionary">law</span> right of <span class="dictionary">action</span>, statutory right of <span class="dictionary">action</span>, or judicial exception existed as of July 1, 2013. <a id="paragraph-250518" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-219.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> This section does not affect any immunities from or defenses to liability established by another section of the Code or available at <span class="dictionary">common law</span> to which a possessor of real property may be entitled. <a id="paragraph-250519" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-219.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2013, c. 217.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
