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Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1964, chapter 219; in 1966, chapter 396; in 1977, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":[{"id":363361,"section_number":"40.1-31","catch_line":"Assignment of wages and salaries; requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/40.1-31\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":378426,"section_number":"8.9A-403","catch_line":"Agreement not to assert defenses against assignee","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-403\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1505495,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376791,"identifier":"8.01-13","token":"8.01\/2\/2\/8.01-13","url":"\/8.01-13\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-13\/","token":"8.01\/2\/2\/8.01-13","dublin_core":{"Title":"Assignee or beneficial owner may sue in own name; certain discounts allowed","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-13","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The assignee or beneficial owner of any <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span>, note, writing or other chose in <span class=\"dictionary\">action<\/span>, not negotiable may maintain thereon in his own name any <span class=\"dictionary\">action<\/span> which the original obligee, payee, or contracting <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> might have brought, but, except as provided in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Agreement not to assert defenses against assignee\" href=\"\/8.9A-403\/\">8.9A-403<\/a>, shall allow all just discounts, not only against himself, but against such obligee, payee, or contracting <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span>, before the <span class=\"dictionary\">defendant<\/span> had notice of the assignment or transfer by such obligee, payee, or contracting <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span>, and shall also allow all such discounts against any intermediate assignor or transferor, the right to which was acquired on the faith of the assignment or transfer to him and before the <span class=\"dictionary\">defendant<\/span> had notice of the assignment or transfer by such assignor or transferor to another.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nASSIGNEE OR BENEFICIAL OWNER MAY SUE IN OWN NAME; CERTAIN DISCOUNTS ALLOWED (\u00a7\n8.01-13)\n\nThe assignee or beneficial owner of any bond, note, writing or other chose in\naction, not negotiable may maintain thereon in his own name any action which the\noriginal obligee, payee, or contracting party might have brought, but, except as\nprovided in \u00a7 8.9A-403, shall allow all just discounts, not only against\nhimself, but against such obligee, payee, or contracting party, before the\ndefendant had notice of the assignment or transfer by such obligee, payee, or\ncontracting party, and shall also allow all such discounts against any\nintermediate assignor or transferor, the right to which was acquired on the\nfaith of the assignment or transfer to him and before the defendant had notice\nof the assignment or transfer by such assignor or transferor to another.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-94; 1964, c. 219; 1966, c. 396; 1977, c. 617.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}