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This law was first created in 2009. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 701<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1504583,"object_type":"law","relational_id":377290,"identifier":"8.01-412.14","token":"8.01\/14\/6.2\/8.01-412.14","url":"\/8.01-412.14\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-412.14\/","token":"8.01\/14\/6.2\/8.01-412.14","dublin_core":{"Title":"Uniformity of application and construction; reciprocal privileges","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-412.14","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law<\/span> with respect to its subject matter among states<\/span> that enact it. The privilege<\/span> extended to persons<\/span> in other states<\/span> for discovery<\/span> under this article shall only apply if the jurisdiction<\/span> where the action<\/span> is pending has extended a similar privilege<\/span> to persons<\/span> in the Commonwealth, by that jurisdiction<\/span>’s enactment of the Uniform Interstate Depositions<\/span> and Discovery<\/span> Act, a predecessor uniform act, or another comparable law<\/span> or rule of court<\/span> providing substantially similar mechanisms for use by out-of-state<\/span> parties.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION; RECIPROCAL PRIVILEGES (\u00a7\n8.01-412.14)\n\nIn applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the\nneed to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among\nstates that enact it. The privilege extended to persons in other states for\ndiscovery under this article shall only apply if the jurisdiction where the\naction is pending has extended a similar privilege to persons in the\nCommonwealth, by that jurisdiction’s enactment of the Uniform Interstate\nDepositions and Discovery Act, a predecessor uniform act, or another comparable\nlaw or rule of court providing substantially similar mechanisms for use by\nout-of-state parties.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, c. 701.","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"}}