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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86691</law_id><section_number>8.01-396.1</section_number><catch_line>Competency of witness</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-267</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="14">Evidence</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="4">Witnesses Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No child shall be deemed incompetent to testify solely because of age.</p></section></text><history>1993, cc. 441, 605.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
