                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LIMITATION OF ACTION FOR BREACH OF CONDITION SUBSEQUENT OR TERMINATION OF
DETERMINABLE FEE SIMPLE ESTATE (§ 8.01-255.1)

No person shall commence an action for the recovery of lands, nor make an entry
thereon, by reason of a breach of a condition subsequent, or by reason of the
termination of an estate of fee simple determinable, unless the action is
commenced or entry is made within ten years after breach of the condition or
within ten years from the time when the estate of fee simple determinable has
been terminated. Where there has been a breach of a condition subsequent or
termination of an estate fee simple determinable which occurred prior to July 1,
1965, recovery of the lands, or an entry may be made thereon by the owner of a
right of entry or possibility of reverter, by July 1, 1977. Possession of land
after breach of a condition subsequent or after termination of an estate of fee
simple determinable shall be deemed adverse and hostile from the first breach of
a condition subsequent or from the occurrence of the event terminating an estate
of fee simple determinable.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-5.1; 1975, c. 136; 1977, c. 617.