Witnesses Generally
This is Article 4 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Witnesses Generally.” It is part of Title 8.01, titled “Civil Remedies And Procedure.” It is part of Chapter 14, titled “Evidence.” It’s comprised of the following 19 sections.
- § 8.01-396
- No person incompetent to testify by reason of interest, or because a party
- § 8.01-396.1
- Competency of witness
- § 8.01-397
- Corroboration required and evidence receivable when one party incapable of testifying (subdivision (b)(5) of Supreme Court Rule 2:804 derived from this section)
- § 8.01-397.1
- Evidence of habit or routine practice; defined (Supreme Court Rule 2:406 derived from this section)
- § 8.01-398
- Privileged marital communications (Subsection (a) of Supreme Court Rule 2:504 derived from this section)
- § 8.01-399
- Communications between physicians and patients (Supreme Court Rule 2:505 derived from this section)
- § 8.01-400
- Communications between ministers of religion and persons they counsel or advise (Supreme Court Rule 2:503 derived in part from this section)
- § 8.01-400.1
- Privileged communications by interpreters for the deaf (Supreme Court Rule 2:507 derived in part from this section)
- § 8.01-400.2
- Communications between certain mental health professionals and clients (Supreme Court Rule 2:506 derived from this section)
- § 8.01-401
- How adverse party may be examined; effect of refusal to testify (subsection (b) of Supreme Court Rule 2:607 and subsection (c) of Supreme Court Rule 2:611 derived from subsection A of this section)
- § 8.01-401.1
- Opinion testimony by experts; hearsay exception (subsection (a) of Supreme Court Rule 2:703, subsection (a) of Supreme Court Rule 2:705, and subsection (a) of Supreme Court Rule 2:706 derived from this section)
- § 8.01-401.2
- Chiropractor, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant as expert witness
- § 8.01-401.2:1
- Podiatrist as an expert witness
- § 8.01-401.3
- Opinion testimony and conclusions as to facts critical to civil case resolution (Supreme Court Rule 2:701 derived from subsection B of this section, subdivision (a)(i) of Supreme Court Rule 2:702 derived from subsection A of this section, and subsection (a) of Supreme Court Rule 2:704 derived from subsections B and C of this section)
- § 8.01-402
- Members of Department of Motor Vehicles' Crash Investigation Team not to be required to give evidence in certain cases
- § 8.01-403
- Witness proving adverse; contradiction; prior inconsistent statement (Subsection (c) of Supreme Court Rule 2:607 and subdivision (a)(i) of Supreme Court Rule 2:613 derived from this section)
- § 8.01-404
- Contradiction by prior inconsistent writing (Subdivision (b)(i) of Supreme Court Rule 2:613 derived in part from this section and subdivision (b)(ii) of Supreme Court Rule 2:613 derived from this section)
- § 8.01-405
- Who may administer oath to witness
- § 8.01-406
- Interpreters; recording testimony of deaf witness (Supreme Court Rule 2:604 derived from this section)