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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>87200</law_id><section_number>8.01-249</section_number><catch_line>When cause of action shall be deemed to accrue in certain personal actions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.01-230</reference><reference>8.01-243</reference><reference>8.01-265</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>The <span class="dictionary">cause of action</span> in the <span class="dictionary">actions</span> herein listed shall be deemed to accrue as follows:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> In <span class="dictionary">actions</span> for <span class="dictionary">fraud</span> or mistake, in <span class="dictionary">actions</span> for violations of the Consumer Protection Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Title" href="/59.1-196/">59.1-196</a> et seq.) based upon any misrepresentation, deception, or <span class="dictionary">fraud</span>, and in <span class="dictionary">actions</span> for rescission of <span class="dictionary">contract</span> for undue influence, when such <span class="dictionary">fraud</span>, mistake, misrepresentation, deception, or undue influence is discovered or by the exercise of due diligence reasonably should have been discovered; <a id="paragraph-312247" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-249/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> In <span class="dictionary">actions</span> or other proceedings for money on deposit with a bank or any <span class="dictionary">person</span> or corporation doing a banking business, when a request in writing be made therefor by check, <span class="dictionary">order</span>, or otherwise; <a id="paragraph-312248" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-249/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> In <span class="dictionary">actions</span> for <span class="dictionary">malicious</span> <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> or abuse of process, when the relevant criminal or <span class="dictionary">civil action</span> is terminated; <a id="paragraph-312249" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-249/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> In <span class="dictionary">actions</span> for injury to the <span class="dictionary">person</span> resulting from exposure to asbestos or products containing asbestos, when a diagnosis of asbestosis, interstitial fibrosis, mesothelioma, or other disabling asbestos-related injury or disease is first communicated to the <span class="dictionary">person</span> or his agent by a physician. However, no such action may be brought more than two years after the death of such <span class="dictionary">person</span>. The diagnosis of a nonmalignant asbestos-related injury or disease shall not accrue an action based upon the subsequent diagnosis of a malignant asbestos-related injury or disease, and such subsequent diagnosis shall constitute a separate injury that shall accrue an action when such diagnosis is first communicated to the <span class="dictionary">person</span> or his agent by a physician;
			4a. In <span class="dictionary">actions</span> for injury to the <span class="dictionary">person</span> resulting from the exposure to a substance or a combination of substances or the use of a product, when such injury is latent, other than (i) those asbestos-related injuries specified in subdivision 4 and (ii) claims against health care providers as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/8.01-581.1/">8.01-581.1</a>, when the <span class="dictionary">person</span> knew or should have known of the injury and its causal connection to an injury-causing substance or product. However, no such action may be brought more than two years after the death of such <span class="dictionary">person</span>. For purposes of this subdivision, &#x201C;latent&#x201D; refers to injuries that remain dormant or do not develop and, therefore, are undiagnosable during the period of limitations set forth in subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Personal action for injury to person or property generally; extension in actions for malpractice against health care provider" href="/8.01-243/">8.01-243</a>; <a id="paragraph-312250" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-249/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> In <span class="dictionary">actions</span> for contribution or for indemnification, when the contributee or the indemnitee has paid or discharged the obligation. A third-<span class="dictionary">party</span> claim permitted by subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Pleading in alternative; separate trial on motion of party" href="/8.01-281/">8.01-281</a> and the Rules of <span class="dictionary">Court</span> may be asserted before such <span class="dictionary">cause of action</span> is deemed to accrue hereunder; <a id="paragraph-312251" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-249/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> In <span class="dictionary">actions</span> for injury to the <span class="dictionary">person</span>, whatever the theory of recovery, resulting from <span class="dictionary">sexual abuse</span> occurring during the infancy or incapacity of the <span class="dictionary">person</span>, upon the later of the removal of the disability of infancy or incapacity as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Suspension or tolling of statute of limitations; effect of disabilities; effect of death; injunction; prevention of service by defendant; dismissal, nonsuit or abatement; devise for payment of debts; new promises; debts proved in creditors' suits" href="/8.01-229/">8.01-229</a> or when the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> of the injury and its causal connection to the <span class="dictionary">sexual abuse</span> is first communicated to the <span class="dictionary">person</span> by a licensed physician, psychologist, or clinical psychologist. As used in this subdivision, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">sexual abuse</span>&#x201D; means <span class="dictionary">sexual abuse</span> as defined in subdivision 6 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="General definitions" href="/18.2-67.10/">18.2-67.10</a> and acts constituting <span class="dictionary">rape</span>, sodomy, <span class="dictionary">object</span> sexual penetration or sexual <span class="dictionary">battery</span> as defined in Article 7 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Rape" href="/18.2-61/">18.2-61</a> et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2; <a id="paragraph-312252" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-249/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> In products liability <span class="dictionary">actions</span> against parties other than health care providers as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/8.01-581.1/">8.01-581.1</a> for injury to the <span class="dictionary">person</span> resulting from or arising as a result of the implantation of any prosthetic device for breast augmentation or reconstruction, when the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> of the injury and its causal connection to the implantation is first communicated to the <span class="dictionary">person</span> by a physician; <a id="paragraph-312253" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-249/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="8"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> In <span class="dictionary">actions</span> on an open account, from the later of the last payment or last charge for goods or services rendered on the account; <a id="paragraph-312254" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-249/#8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="9"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> In products liability <span class="dictionary">actions</span> against parties other than health care providers as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/8.01-581.1/">8.01-581.1</a> for injury to the <span class="dictionary">person</span> resulting from or arising as a result of the implantation of any medical device, when the <span class="dictionary">person</span> knew or should have known of the injury and its causal connection to the device. <a id="paragraph-312255" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-249/#9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 8-13, 8-14; 1964, c. 219; 1966, c. 118; 1977, c. 617; 1985, c. 459; 1986, c. 601; 1991, c. 674; 1992, c. 817; 1993, c. 523; 1995, c. 268; 1997, cc. 565, 801; 2005, c. 213; 2013, c. 292; 2016, c. 353; 2020, cc. 99, 180; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 195.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
