CODE OF VIRGINIA

ACTION OF EJECTMENT RETAINED; WHEN AND BY WHOM BROUGHT (§ 8.01-131)

A. The action of ejectment is retained, subject to the provisions hereinafter
contained, and to the applicable Rules of Court.

B. Such action may be brought in the same cases in which a writ of right might
have been brought prior to the first day of July, 1850, and by any person
claiming real estate in fee or for life or for years, either as heir, devisee or
purchaser, or otherwise.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 8-796, 8-797; 1954, c. 333; 1977, c. 617.