# Personal injury · Virginia — Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Virginia _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Limitation period:** two years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the statute describes it:** every action for personal injuries, whatever the theory of recovery _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **When the clock starts:** after the cause of action accrues _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## 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.

## Source

- https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title8.01/chapter4/section8.01-243/

Last verified: 2026-08-25. Review by: 2027-08-25.
Part of [Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim](https://referencesource.org/state-civil-statute-of-limitations/).