                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO ACCRUE IN CERTAIN PERSONAL ACTIONS (§
8.01-249)

The cause of action in the actions herein listed shall be deemed to accrue as
follows:

1. In actions for fraud or mistake, in actions for violations of the Consumer
Protection Act (&#xA7; 59.1-196 et seq.) based upon any misrepresentation,
deception, or fraud, and in actions for rescission of contract for undue
influence, when such fraud, mistake, misrepresentation, deception, or undue
influence is discovered or by the exercise of due diligence reasonably should
have been discovered;

2. In actions or other proceedings for money on deposit with a bank or any
person or corporation doing a banking business, when a request in writing be
made therefor by check, order, or otherwise;

3. In actions for malicious prosecution or abuse of process, when the relevant
criminal or civil action is terminated;

4. In actions for injury to the person 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 person or his agent by a physician. However, no such
action may be brought more than two years after the death of such person. 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 person or his agent by a physician;
			4a. In actions for injury to the person 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;
8.01-581.1, when the person 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 person. For
purposes of this subdivision, &#8220;latent&#8221; 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; 8.01-243;

5. In actions for contribution or for indemnification, when the contributee or
the indemnitee has paid or discharged the obligation. A third-party claim
permitted by subsection A of &#xA7; 8.01-281 and the Rules of Court may be
asserted before such cause of action is deemed to accrue hereunder;

6. In actions for injury to the person, whatever the theory of recovery,
resulting from sexual abuse occurring during the infancy or incapacity of the
person, upon the later of the removal of the disability of infancy or incapacity
as provided in &#xA7; 8.01-229 or when the fact of the injury and its causal
connection to the sexual abuse is first communicated to the person by a licensed
physician, psychologist, or clinical psychologist. As used in this subdivision,
&#8220;sexual abuse&#8221; means sexual abuse as defined in subdivision 6 of
&#xA7; 18.2-67.10 and acts constituting rape, sodomy, object sexual penetration
or sexual battery as defined in Article 7 (&#xA7; 18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4
of Title 18.2;

7. In products liability actions against parties other than health care
providers as defined in &#xA7; 8.01-581.1 for injury to the person resulting
from or arising as a result of the implantation of any prosthetic device for
breast augmentation or reconstruction, when the fact of the injury and its
causal connection to the implantation is first communicated to the person by a
physician;

8. In actions on an open account, from the later of the last payment or last
charge for goods or services rendered on the account;

9. In products liability actions against parties other than health care
providers as defined in &#xA7; 8.01-581.1 for injury to the person resulting
from or arising as a result of the implantation of any medical device, when the
person knew or should have known of the injury and its causal connection to the
device.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 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.