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Title 8.01. Civil Remedies and Procedure
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§ 8.01-45
Action for insulting words
§ 8.01-46
Justi cation and mitigation of damages
§ 8.01-46.1
Disclosure of employment-related information; presumptions; causes of action; de nitions
§ 8.01-47
Immunity of persons investigating or reporting certain incidents at schools
§ 8.01-48
Mitigation in actions against newspapers, etc.
§ 8.01-49
Defamatory statements in radio and television broadcasts
§ 8.01-49.1
Liability for defamatory material on the Internet
§ 8.01-50
Action for death by wrongful act; how and when to be brought
§ 8.01-50.1
Certi cation of expert witness opinion at time of service of process
§ 8.01-51
No action when deceased has compromised claim
§ 8.01-52
Amount of damages
§ 8.01-52.1
Admissibility of expressions of sympathy
§ 8.01-53
Class and bene ciaries; when determined
§ 8.01-54
Judgment to distribute recovery when verdict fails to do so
§ 8.01-55
Compromise of claim for death by wrongful act
§ 8.01-56
When right of action not to determine nor action to abate
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Article 7.1. Lien for Hospital, Medical and Nursing Services Read all
§ 8.01-66.2
Lien against person whose negligence causes injury
§ 8.01-66.3
Lien inferior to claim of attorney or personal representative
§ 8.01-66.4
Subrogation
§ 8.01-66.5
Written notice required
§ 8.01-66.6
Liability for reasonable charges for services
§ 8.01-66.7
Hearing and disposal of claim of unreasonableness
§ 8.01-66.8
Petition to enforce lien
§ 8.01-66.9
Lien in favor of Commonwealth, its programs, institutions or departments on claim for personal injuries
§ 8.01-66.9:1
Lien against recovery for medical treatment provided to prisoner
§ 8.01-66.10
Death claims settled by compromise or suit
§ 8.01-66.11
Necessity for settlement or judgment
§ 8.01-66.12
Term physician to include chiropractor
Article 8. Actions for the Sale, Lease, Exchange, Redemption and Other Disposition of Lands of Persons under a
Disability Read all
§ 8.01-67
De nitions; persons under a disability; duciary
§ 8.01-68
Jurisdiction
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§ 8.01-69
Commencement of suit; parties
§ 8.01-70
Repealed
§ 8.01-72
When death to abate such suit
§ 8.01-73
Guardian ad litem to be appointed
§ 8.01-74
Leases on behalf of persons under disability; new leases
§ 8.01-75
Who not to be purchaser
§ 8.01-76
How proceeds from disposition to be secured and applied; when same may be paid over
§ 8.01-77
What proceeds of sale to pass as real estate
§ 8.01-78
Alternate procedure for sale of real estate of person under disability
§ 8.01-79
Same; reference of petition to commissioner
§ 8.01-80
Same; action of court on report; application of proceeds of transaction
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Article 10. Sale, Lease, or Exchange of Certain Estates in Property Read all
§ 8.01-94
When sold, leased or exchanged
§ 8.01-95
Procedure in such case
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§ 8.01-115
Bond required as prerequisite
§ 8.01-116
Return of property to defendant or other claimant
§ 8.01-117
Exceptions to suf ciency of bonds
§ 8.01-118
Repealed
§ 8.01-119
Hearing to review issuance of order or process under § 8.01-114 or to consider request for such order or process
§ 8.01-120
No verdict as to some items; omission of price or value
§ 8.01-121
Final judgment
§ 8.01-122
Charges for keeping property
§ 8.01-123
Recovery of damages sustained for property withheld during appeal
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§ 8.01-138
There may be several counts and several plaintiffs
§ 8.01-139
What proof by plaintiff is suf cient
§ 8.01-140
Effect of reservation in deed; burden of proof
§ 8.01-141
When action by cotenants, etc., against cotenants, what plaintiff to prove
§ 8.01-142
Verdict when action against several defendants
§ 8.01-143
When there may be several judgments against defendants
§ 8.01-144
Recovery of part of premises claimed
§ 8.01-145
When possession of part not possession of whole
§ 8.01-146
When vendee, etc., entitled to conveyance of legal title, vendor cannot recover
§ 8.01-147
When mortgagee or trustee not to recover
§ 8.01-148
Right of defendant to resort to equity not affected
§ 8.01-149
Verdict when jury nds for plaintiffs or any of them
§ 8.01-150
Verdict when any plaintiff has no right
§ 8.01-151
How verdict to specify premises recovered
§ 8.01-152
How verdict to specify undivided interest or share
§ 8.01-153
Verdict to specify estate of plaintiff
§ 8.01-154
When right of plaintiff expires before trial, what judgment entered
§ 8.01-155
How judgment for plaintiff entered
§ 8.01-156
Authority of sheriffs, etc., to store and sell personal property removed from premises; recovery of possession by owner;
disposition or sale
§ 8.01-157
Repealed
§ 8.01-158
How claim of plaintiff for pro ts and damages assessed
§ 8.01-159
When court to assess damages
§ 8.01-160
Defendant to give notice of claim for improvements
§ 8.01-161
How allowed
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§ 8.01-162
Postponement of assessment and allowance
§ 8.01-163
Judgment to be conclusive
§ 8.01-164
Recovery of mesne pro ts, etc., not affected
§ 8.01-165
Writ of right, etc., abolished
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§ 8.01-184
Power to issue declaratory judgments
§ 8.01-184.1
Declaratory judgment to adjudicate constitutional nexus
§ 8.01-185
Venue
§ 8.01-186
Further relief
§ 8.01-187
Commissioners or condemnation jurors to determine compensation for property taken or damaged
§ 8.01-188
Jury trial
§ 8.01-189
Injunction
§ 8.01-190
Costs
§ 8.01-191
Construction of article
Article 18. Recovery of Claims Against the Commonwealth of Virginia Read all
§ 8.01-192
How claims to be prosecuted
§ 8.01-193
Defense and hearing
§ 8.01-194
Jury may be impaneled; judgment
§ 8.01-195
No judgment to be paid without special appropriation
Article 18.1. Tort Claims Against the Commonwealth of Virginia Read all
§ 8.01-195.1
Short title
§ 8.01-195.2
De nitions
§ 8.01-195.3
Commonwealth, transportation district or locality liable for damages in certain cases
§ 8.01-195.4
Jurisdiction of claims under this article; right to jury trial; service on Commonwealth or locality
§ 8.01-195.5
Settlement of certain cases
§ 8.01-195.6
Notice of claim
§ 8.01-195.7
Statute of limitations
§ 8.01-195.8
Release of further claims
§ 8.01-195.9
Claims evaluation program
Article 18.2. Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration for a Felony Conviction Read all
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§ 8.01-195.10
Purpose; action by the General Assembly required; de nitions
§ 8.01-195.11
Compensation for wrongful incarceration
§ 8.01-195.12
Conditions for continued compensation
§ 8.01-195.13
Compensation for certain intentional acts
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§ 8.01-217
How name of person may be changed
§ 8.01-218
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Replevin abolished
§ 8.01-219
Effect of judgment in trover
§ 8.01-219.1
Responsibility of possessor of real property for harm to trespasser
§ 8.01-220
Action for alienation of affection, breach of promise, criminal conversation and seduction abolished
§ 8.01-220.1
Defense of interspousal immunity abolished as to certain causes of action arising on or after July 1, 1981
§ 8.01-220.1:1
Civil immunity for of cers, partners, members, managers, trustees and directors of certain tax exempt organizations
§ 8.01-220.1:2
Civil immunity for teachers under certain circumstances
§ 8.01-220.1:3
Immunity for members of church, synagogue or religious body
§ 8.01-220.1:4
Civil immunity for of cers and directors of certain nonpro t organizations
§ 8.01-220.2
Spousal liability for medical care
§ 8.01-221
Damages from violation of statute, remedy therefor and penalty
§ 8.01-221.1
Unestablished business damages; lost pro ts
§ 8.01-221.2
Rescission; undue in uence; attorney fees
§ 8.01-222
Repealed
§ 8.01-223
Lack of privity no defense in certain cases
§ 8.01-223.1
Use of constitutional rights
§ 8.01-223.2
Immunity of persons for statements made at public hearing or communicated to third party
§ 8.01-224
Defense of governmental immunity not available to certain persons in actions for damages from blasting, etc.
§ 8.01-225
Persons rendering emergency care, obstetrical services exempt from liability
§ 8.01-225.01
Certain immunity for health care providers during disasters under speci c circumstances
§ 8.01-225.02
Certain liability protection for health care providers during disasters
§ 8.01-225.1
Immunity for team physicians
§ 8.01-225.2
Immunity for those rendering emergency care to animals
§ 8.01-225.3
Immunity for volunteer rst responders en route to an emergency
§ 8.01-226
Duty of care to law-enforcement of cers, re ghters, etc.
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§ 8.01-226.1
Civil immunity when participating in Lawyers Helping Lawyers
§ 8.01-226.2
Civil immunity for licensed professional engineers and licensed architects participating in rescue or relief assistance
§ 8.01-226.3
Civil immunity for of cers, directors and members of certain crime information-gathering organizations
§ 8.01-226.4
Civil immunity for hospice volunteers
§ 8.01-226.5
Immunity for installers and inspectors of child restraint devices
§ 8.01-226.5:1
Civil immunity for school board employees supervising self-administration of certain medication
§ 8.01-226.5:2
Immunity of hospital and emergency medical services agency personnel for the acceptance of certain infants
§ 8.01-226.6
Repealed
§ 8.01-226.7
Owner and agent compliance with residential lead-based paint noti cation; maintenance immunity
§ 8.01-226.8
Civil immunity for public and nonpro t corporation of cials and private volunteers participating in certain programs for
probationers
§ 8.01-226.9
Exemption from civil liability in connection with arrest or detention of person suspected of shoplifting
§ 8.01-226.10
Civil immunity for causing the arrest of a person for a bad check
§ 8.01-226.11
Civil immunity for operation of victim noti cation program
§ 8.01-226.12
Duty of landlord and managing agent with respect to visible mold
§ 8.01-226.13
Limited standing to seek injunctive relief against manufacturing companies
§ 8.01-227
Remedy by motion on certain bonds given or taken by of cers; notice
§ 8.01-227.1
Repealed
§ 8.01-227.4
De nitions
§ 8.01-227.5
Persons who may bring action; persons against whom actions may be brought; damages recoverable
§ 8.01-227.6
Law-enforcement of cer or agency; health care provider not liable under certain conditions
§ 8.01-227.7
Statute of limitations
Article 24. Space Flight Liability and Immunity Act Read all
§ 8.01-227.8
De nitions
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§ 8.01-227.9
Civil immunity for space ight entities
§ 8.01-227.10
Warning required
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