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§ 8.01-385. Definitions - As used in this chapter: 1. The term "United States"...
§ 8.01-386. Judicial notice of laws (Supreme Court Rule 2:202 derived in part from this section) - A. Whenever, in any civil action it becomes necessary to...
§ 8.01-387. Notice by courts and officers of signatures of judges and Governor - All courts and officers shall take notice of the signature...
§ 8.01-388. Judicial notice of official publications (Supreme Court Rule 2:203 derived from this section) - The court shall take judicial notice of the contents of...
§ 8.01-389. Judicial records as evidence; full faith and credit; recitals in deeds, deeds of trust, and mortgages; "records" defined; certification - A. The records of any judicial proceeding and any other...
§ 8.01-390. Nonjudicial records as evidence (Subdivision (10)(a) of Supreme Court Rule 2:803 derived from subsection C of this section) - A. Copies of records of this Commonwealth, of another state,...
§ 8.01-390.1. School records as evidence - In a proceeding where a minor's school records are material...
§ 8.01-390.2. Reports by Chief Medical Examiner received as evidence - Reports of investigations made by the Chief Medical Examiner, his...
§ 8.01-390.3. Business records as evidence (Subdivision (6) of Supreme Court Rule 2:902 derived in part from this section) - A. In any proceeding where a business record is material...
§ 8.01-391. Copies of originals as evidence (Subdivision (6) of Supreme Court Rule 2:902 derived in part from subsection D of this section and Supreme Court Rule 2:1005 derived from this section) - A. Whenever the original of any official publication or other...
§ 8.01-391.1. Substitute checks as evidence (Supreme Court Rule 2:1003 derived from subsections a and B of this section) - A. A substitute check created pursuant to the federal Check...
§ 8.01-392. When court order book or equivalent is lost or illegible, what matters may be reentered - When any book, microfilm record, or record in other form...
§ 8.01-393. When book or paper or equivalent in clerk's office lost, destroyed, or illegible to be again recorded - When any such book, or any book, microfilm record, or...
§ 8.01-394. How contents of any such lost record, etc., proved - A. Any person desirous of proving the contents of any...
§ 8.01-395. Validating certain proceedings under § 8.01-394 - All proceedings had in any case, under the provisions of...
§ 8.01-396. No person incompetent to testify by reason of interest, or because a party - No person shall be incompetent to testify because of interest,...
§ 8.01-396.1. Competency of witness - No child shall be deemed incompetent to testify solely because...
§ 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) - In an action by or against a person who, from...
§ 8.01-397.1. Evidence of habit or routine practice; defined (Supreme Court Rule 2:406 derived from this section) - A. Admissibility. Evidence of the habit of a person or...
§ 8.01-398. Privileged marital communications (Subsection (a) of Supreme Court Rule 2:504 derived from this section) - Husband and wife shall be competent witnesses to testify for...
§ 8.01-399. Communications between physicians and patients (Supreme Court Rule 2:505 derived from this section) - A. Except at the request or with the consent of...
§ 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) - No regular minister, priest, rabbi, or accredited practitioner over the...
§ 8.01-400.1. Privileged communications by interpreters for the deaf (Supreme Court Rule 2:507 derived in part from this section) - Whenever a deaf person communicates through an interpreter to any...
§ 8.01-400.2. Communications between certain mental health professionals and clients (Supreme Court Rule 2:506 derived from this section) - Except at the request of or with the consent of...
§ 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) - A. A party called to testify for another, having an...
§ 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) - In any civil action any expert witness may give testimony...
§ 8.01-401.2. Chiropractor, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant as expert witness - A. A doctor of chiropractic, when properly qualified, may testify...
§ 8.01-401.2:1. Podiatrist as an expert witness - A podiatrist shall not be permitted to testify as an...
§ 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 sectio... - A. In a civil proceeding, if scientific, technical, or other...
§ 8.01-402. Members of Department of Motor Vehicles' Crash Investigation Team not to be required to give evidence in certain cases - No member of the Department of Motor Vehicles' Crash Investigation...
§ 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) - A party producing a witness shall not be allowed to...
§ 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) - A witness may be cross-examined as to previous statements made...
§ 8.01-405. Who may administer oath to witness - Any person before whom a witness is to be examined...
§ 8.01-406. Interpreters; recording testimony of deaf witness (Supreme Court Rule 2:604 derived from this section) - Interpreters shall be sworn truly so to do. In any...
§ 8.01-407. How summons for witness issued, and to whom directed; prior permission of court to summon certain officials and judges - A. A summons may be issued, directed as prescribed in...
§ 8.01-407.1. Identity of persons communicating anonymously over the Internet - A. In civil proceedings where it is alleged that an...
§ 8.01-408. Recognizance taken upon continuance of case - Upon the continuance of any civil case in a court,...
§ 8.01-409. When court may have process for witness executed by its own officer in another county or city - Whenever on the calling or during the trial of a...
§ 8.01-410. Inmates as witnesses in civil actions - Whenever any party in a civil action in any circuit...
§ 8.01-411. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2009, c. 701, cl. 2.
§ 8.01-412.2. Authorization of audio-visual deposition; official record; uses - Any deposition may be recorded by audio-visual means without a...
§ 8.01-412.3. Notice of audio-visual deposition - The notice for taking an audio-visual deposition and the subpoena...
§ 8.01-412.4. Procedure - The taking of audio-visual depositions shall be in accordance with...
§ 8.01-412.5. Costs - In any case where a deposition taken pursuant to this...
§ 8.01-412.6. Promulgation of rules for standards and guidelines - The Supreme Court may promulgate rules establishing standards for audio-visual...
§ 8.01-412.7. Short title - This article may be cited as the "Uniform Audio-Visual Deposition...
§ 8.01-412.8. Short title - This article may be cited as the Uniform Interstate Depositions...
§ 8.01-412.9. Definitions - For purposes of this article, unless the context requires otherwise:...
§ 8.01-412.10. Issuance of subpoena - A. To request the issuance of a subpoena under this...
§ 8.01-412.11. Service of subpoena - A subpoena issued by a clerk of court under this...
§ 8.01-412.12. Deposition, production, and inspection - Statutes and rules applicable in actions pending in the circuit...
§ 8.01-412.13. Application to court - An application to the court for a protective order or...
§ 8.01-412.14. Uniformity of application and construction; reciprocal privileges - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be...
§ 8.01-412.15. Application to pending actions - This article applies to requests for discovery submitted on or...
§ 8.01-413. Certain copies of health care provider's health records of patient admissible; right of patient, his attorney and authorized insurer to copies of such health records; subpoena; damages, costs and attorney fees - A. In any case where the health records of a...
§ 8.01-413.01. Authenticity and reasonableness of medical bills; presumption - A. For the purposes of this section, "bill" means any...
§ 8.01-413.02. Admissibility of written reports or records of blood alcohol tests conducted in the regular course of providing emergency medical treatment - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the written reports...
§ 8.01-413.1. Certain copies of employment records or papers admissible; right of employee or his attorney to copies of such records or papers; subpoena; damages, costs and attorney's fees - A. In any case where the original wage or salary...
§ 8.01-414. Affidavit prima facie evidence of nonresidence - In any action, an affidavit that a witness or party...
§ 8.01-415. Affidavit evidence of publication - When anything is authorized or required by law to be...
§ 8.01-416. Affidavit re damages to motor vehicle - A. In a civil action in any court, whether sounding...
§ 8.01-417. Copies of written statements or transcriptions of verbal statements by injured person to be delivered to him; copies of subpoenaed documents to be provided to other party; disclosure of insurance policy limits - A. Any person who takes from a person who has...
§ 8.01-417.01. Disclosure of certain homeowners insurance and personal injury liability insurance policy limits - A. After written notice of representation by an attorney of...
§ 8.01-417.1. Use of portions of documents in evidence (Subsection (b) of Supreme Court Rule 2:106 derived from this section) - To expedite trial proceedings in civil cases, upon appropriate and...
§ 8.01-418. When plea of guilty or nolo contendere or forfeiture in criminal prosecution or traffic case admissible in civil action; proof of such plea - Whenever, in any civil action, it is contended that any...
§ 8.01-418.1. Evidence of subsequent measures taken not admissible to prove negligence (Supreme Court Rule 2:407 derived from this section) - When, after the occurrence of an event, measures are taken...
§ 8.01-418.2. Evidence of polygraph examination inadmissible in any proceeding - The analysis of any polygraph test charts produced during any...
§ 8.01-418.3. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2007, c. 250, cl. 2.
§ 8.01-419. Table of life expectancy - Whenever, in any case not otherwise specifically provided for, it...
§ 8.01-419.1. Motor vehicle value - Whenever in any case not otherwise specifically provided for the...
§ 8.01-420. Depositions as basis for motion for summary judgment or to strike evidence - A. Except as provided in subsections B and C, no...
§ 8.01-420.01. Limiting further disclosure of discoverable materials and information; protective order - A. A protective order issued to prevent disclosure of materials...
§ 8.01-420.1. Abolition of common-law perpetuation of testimony - The common-law proceeding to perpetuate testimony is abolished. 1977, c....
§ 8.01-420.2. Limitation on use of recorded conversations as evidence - No mechanical recording, electronic or otherwise, of a telephone conversation...
§ 8.01-420.3. Court reporters to provide transcripts; when recording may be stopped; use of transcript as evidence - Upon the request of any counsel of record, or of...
§ 8.01-420.4. Taking of depositions - A. Party Depositions. -- A deposition of a party, or...
§ 8.01-420.4:1. Taking of depositions; corporate officers - A. For the purposes of this section, "officer" means the...
§ 8.01-420.5. Estoppel effect of judicial determination of employment status - A final, unappealed order entered by a circuit court of...
§ 8.01-420.6. Number of witnesses whose depositions may be taken - Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule of court,...
§ 8.01-420.7. Attorney-client privilege and work product protection; limitations on waiver - A. When disclosure of a communication or information covered by...
§ 8.01-420.8. Protection of confidential information in court files - A. Whenever a party files, or causes to be filed,...