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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377415</law_id><section_number>8.01-465.19</section_number><catch_line>Asserting and defending foreign-money claim</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="12" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="37" identifier="17.3">Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">person</span> may assert a claim in a specified <span class="dictionary">foreign money</span>. If a <span class="dictionary">foreign-money claim</span> is not asserted, the claimant makes the claim in United <span class="dictionary">States</span> dollars.</p><p>An opposing <span class="dictionary">party</span> may allege and shall prove that all or part of a claim is in a different money than that asserted by the claimant. A <span class="dictionary">person</span> may assert a defense, setoff, recoupment, or <span class="dictionary">counterclaim</span> in any money without regard to the money of other claims.</p><p>The determination of the proper <span class="dictionary">money of the claim</span> is a question of <span class="dictionary">law</span>.</p></section></text><history>1991, c. 24.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
