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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77412</law_id><section_number>8.01-231</section_number><catch_line>Commonwealth not within statute of limitations</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="4">Limitations of Actions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">In General</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">statute of limitations</span> which shall not in express terms apply to the Commonwealth shall be deemed a bar to any proceeding by or on behalf of the same.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-35; 1958, c. 221; 1977, c. 617; 1988, c. 544.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
