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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85088</law_id><section_number>8.01-32</section_number><catch_line>Action on lost evidences of debt</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="2">Actions on Contracts Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">civil action</span> may be maintained on any past-due lost <span class="dictionary">bond</span>, note, <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, open account agreement, or other written <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of debt, provided the <span class="dictionary">plaintiff</span> verifies under <span class="dictionary">oath</span> either in open <span class="dictionary">court</span> or by <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span> that said <span class="dictionary">bond</span>, note, <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, open account agreement, or other written <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of debt has been lost or destroyed. <a id="paragraph-304958" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-32/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Where a true and accurate copy of the written <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of debt exists, which copy was produced in the normal course of business, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall accept such copy into <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> and shall give effect to its terms as if the original had been placed into <span class="dictionary">evidence</span>. <a id="paragraph-304959" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-32/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> In the event of any inconsistency between this section and any applicable provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Enforcement of lost, destroyed, or stolen instrument" href="/8.3A-309/">8.3A-309</a>, the provisions of that section shall control. <a id="paragraph-304960" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-32/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-517; 1954, c. 333; 1964, c. 219; 1977, c. 617; 2000, c. 245; 2003, c. 125.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
