8.01-581.12:2 - Article not applicable to actions arising prior to July 1, 1976
§ 8.01-581.12:2. Article not applicable to actions arising prior to July 1,1976.
(a) The provisions of this article shall not apply to any cause of actionwhich arose prior to July 1, 1976, and as to which the statute of limitationshad not run prior to that date, regardless of the date any suit broughtthereon is filed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in actions which accruedprior to July 1, 1976, if a claimant has filed notice under § 8.01-581.2 ofthis article, his cause of action and any defense thereto shall be governedby this article.
(b) The term "has filed," as used in this section, is deemed to include thefiling of notice under § 8.01-581.2 (or under repealed § 8-912) of thisarticle where such filing occurred prior to the expiration of any applicablestatute of limitation when the cause of action arose prior to July 1, 1976.This subsection (b) shall be applied retroactively to such causes of action.
(Code 1950, § 8-924; 1977, c. 422; 1978, c. 262.)