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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74502</law_id><section_number>8.01-247</section_number><catch_line>When action on contract governed by the law of another state or country barred in Virginia</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.01-251</reference></referred_to_by><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>No <span class="dictionary">action</span> shall be maintained on any <span class="dictionary">contract</span> which is governed by the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of another state or country if the right of <span class="dictionary">action</span> thereon is barred either by the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of such state or country or of this Commonwealth.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-23; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
