{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-53.1-223","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 53.1-223","heading":"Restriction on suits against prisoners","body":"No action or suit on any claim or demand, except suits for divorce, actions to establish a parent and child relationship between a child and a prisoner and actions to establish a prisoner's child support obligation, shall be maintained against a prisoner after judgment of conviction and while he is incarcerated, except through his committee, unless a guardian ad litem is appointed for the prisoner pursuant to § 8.01-9, or an attorney licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth has entered of record an appearance for such prisoner. However, in any suit for divorce instituted against a prisoner, the court shall appoint a committee prior to any determination as to the property of the parties under § 20-107.3.Code 1950, § 53-307.1; 1980, c. 504; 1982, c. 636; 1992, c. 398; 2000, c. 404; 2006, c. 553.","path":["Title 53.1. PRISONS AND OTHER METHODS OF CORRECTION","Chapter 11. ESTATES OF PRISONERS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/53.1-223/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:19Z","sha256":"59f318085b8d256677f4c5c45b712a49b391a88ca5fcfa5d9d15eff12cc3f3f9","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-53.1-222","next":"us-va/va.-code-53.1-224"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}