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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55381</law_id><section_number>8.01-247.1</section_number><catch_line>Limitation on action for defamation, 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="4">Limitations of Actions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Personal Actions Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every action for injury resulting from libel, slander, insulting words, or defamation shall be brought within one year after the <span class="dictionary">cause of action</span> accrues.
		If a publisher of statements actionable under this section publishes anonymously or under a false identity on the Internet, an action may be filed under this section and the <span class="dictionary">statute of limitations</span> shall be tolled until the identity of the publisher is discovered or, by the exercise of due diligence, reasonably should have been discovered.</p></section></text><history>1995, c. 9; 2015, c. 128.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
