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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79300</law_id><section_number>8.01-224</section_number><catch_line>Defense of governmental immunity not available to certain persons in actions for damages from blasting, etc</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><p>The defense of governmental immunity shall not be available to any <span class="dictionary">person</span>, firm or corporation in any <span class="dictionary">cause of action</span> for <span class="dictionary">damages</span> to the property of others proximately or directly resulting from blasting or the use of explosives in the performance of work for or on behalf of any governmental agency.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-654.5; 1970, c. 642; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
