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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>53980</law_id><section_number>8.01-690</section_number><catch_line>Applicability provisions</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="27">Virginia Prisoner Litigation Reform Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all <span class="dictionary">pro se</span> <span class="dictionary">civil actions</span> for money <span class="dictionary">damages</span> brought under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of this Commonwealth, or for injunctive, declaratory, or mandamus relief, brought by prisoners incarcerated in any state or local correctional facility, including a facility operated pursuant to the Corrections Private Services Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/53.1-261/">53.1-261</a> et seq.).</p></section></text><history>2002, c. 871; 2025, c. 337.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
