Commonwealth not within statute of limitations (§ 8.01-231)—Virginia Decoded

No statute of limitations which shall not in express terms apply to the Commonwealth shall be deemed a bar to any proceeding by or on behalf of the same.

History

Code 1950, § 8-35; 1958, c. 221; 1977, c. 617; 1988, c. 544.

Court Decisions

Burns v. Board of Sup'rs of Stafford County (SCV, 04/27/84)
. . . limitations. . . .

Bouldin v. Com. (COA, 04/21/87)
. . . Offender Act. See Code §§ 46.1-387.3 and 8.01-231. . . .

Com. v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (SCV, 11/10/89)
. . . General Assembly has codified the rule in Code § 8.01-231, which provides: . . .

COUNTY SCH. BD., ETC. v. ML Whitlow, Inc. (SCV, 01/22/82)
. . . limitation do not apply to it, relying on Code § 8.01-231 which provides: "No statute of . . .

. . . The Lavay Corporation Gerard M. Lavay v. Dominion Federal . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 11/06/87)
. . . and breach of fiduciary duty. See Va.Code Sec. 8.01-231. Thus, the limitation period for this . . .

Bradford v. Nature Conservancy (SCV, 09/09/82)
. . . Commonwealth, it cannot bar an action by it. Code § 8.01-231. For these reasons, the suit is not . . .

. . . Delon Hampton & Associates, Chartered Envirodyne Engineers, . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 08/06/91)
. . . amend § 8.01-231: . . .

Com. Ex Rel. Pross v. Board of Sup'rs (SCV, 06/17/83)
. . . collect money due the public purse.[1] Code § 8.01-231 plainly provides that "[n]o statute of . . .

Smith v. Liberty Nursing Home, Inc. (COA, 01/11/00)
. . . 870 (Poff, S.J., dissenting); see also Code § 8.01-231. Here, the statute, whether it be one of . . .

Barr v. SW Rodgers Co., Inc. (COA, 12/05/00)
. . . the statute expressly so provides, see Code § 8.01-231, we note that fifteen months is well within . . .

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§ 8.01-231

Commonwealth not within statute of limitations

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