Personal injury · Virginia
For Personal injury · Virginia, limitation period is two years; when the clock starts is after the cause of action accrues; how the statute describes it is every action for personal injuries, whatever the theory of recovery, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.
- Type of claim
- Personal injury our reading
- State
- Virginia verified
- Limitation period
- two years verified
- How the statute describes it
- every action for personal injuries, whatever the theory of recovery verified
- When the clock starts
- after the cause of action accrues verified
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What the source says
A. Unless otherwise provided in this section or by other statute, every action for personal injuries, whatever the theory of recovery, and every action for damages resulting from fraud, shall be brought within two years after the cause of action accrues.
— law.lis.virginia.gov, retrieved 2026-08-25
Source
- law.lis.virginia.govhttps://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title8.01/chapter4/section8.01-243/