CODE OF VIRGINIA

LIMITATION ON ACTION FOR DEFAMATION, ETC (§ 8.01-247.1)

Every action for injury resulting from libel, slander, insulting words, or
defamation shall be brought within one year after the cause of action accrues.If
a publisher of statements actionable under this section publishes anonymously or
under a false identity on the Internet, an action may be filed under this
section and the statute of limitations shall be tolled until the identity of the
publisher is discovered or, by the exercise of due diligence, reasonably should
have been discovered.

HISTORY: 1995, c. 9; 2015, c. 128.