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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73106</law_id><section_number>8.01-227.5</section_number><catch_line>Persons who may bring action; persons against whom actions may be brought; damages recoverable</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="23">Drug Dealer Liability Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A parent or legal custodian may bring an <span class="dictionary">action</span> for <span class="dictionary">damages</span> incurred because of his child&#x2019;s unlawful use of a <span class="dictionary">controlled substance</span> while under the age of eighteen against a natural <span class="dictionary">person</span> age eighteen years or older who sold, administered, furnished or knowingly participated in the unlawful distribution of a <span class="dictionary">controlled substance</span> to the child. <a id="paragraph-263253" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-227.5/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A parent or legal custodian entitled to bring an <span class="dictionary">action</span> under this article may recover <span class="dictionary">damages</span> limited to physical and emotional pain and suffering, the cost of treatment and rehabilitation and medical expenses, proximately caused to the parent or legal custodian by the child&#x2019;s unlawful use of a <span class="dictionary">controlled substance</span>. <a id="paragraph-263254" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-227.5/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2002, c. 863.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
