{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-8.01-18","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 8.01-18","heading":"When suit discontinued unless revived","body":"If the committee, personal representative, heir, or devisee of the plaintiff or appellant who was a party, or of the decedent whose personal representative was plaintiff or appellant, shall not make a motion for substitution of parties under the applicable Rules of Court within a reasonable time after there may have been a suggestion on the record of the fact making such motion proper, the suit of such plaintiff or appellant shall be discontinued, unless good cause be shown to the contrary.Code 1950, § 8-153; 1954, c. 333; 1977, c. 617.","path":["Title 8.01. Civil Remedies and Procedure","Chapter 2. PARTIES","Article 3. DEATH OR CHANGE OF PARTIES"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/8.01-18/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:39Z","sha256":"2f5efa086b24fa5a60dd4ebe3a1a8bdd1ef795a36496f4af96bc3dbb5128d8ec","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-8.01-17","next":"us-va/va.-code-8.01-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}