A. In any suit for a sum of money expressed in any foreign currency or otherwise than in the money of account of the Commonwealth, the jury or the court shall ascertain the value in the money of account of the sum so expressed, including an appropriate allowance for the difference of exchange. The judgment or order may be for either the amount so ascertained, or for the amount of money so expressed, and the judgment or order shall be discharged by an amount so ascertained.
B. In any such suit involving an instrument to which § 8.3A-107 is applicable, the provisions of that section shall apply.
1987, c. 622, § 6.1-330.51; 2010, c. 794.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 6.2 - Financial Institutions and Services
Chapter 2 - Money and Currency
§ 6.2-201. Ascertaining value in money of account for money expressed in foreign currency
§ 6.2-202. Issuance of currency and related prohibited acts
§ 6.2-203. Contracts and securities from illegal currency dealing void; recovery of payments