Va. Code § 8.01-44
Action against parent for damage to private property by minor
Virginia · Code of Virginia Title 8.01 — Civil Remedies and Procedure · Status: effective
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- Va. Code § 8.01-44, Action against parent for damage to private property by minor, Virginia, version 1 as recorded 2026-09-27, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1397751
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The owner of any property may institute an action and recover from the parents, or either of them, of any minor living with such parents, or either of them, for damages suffered by reason of the willful or malicious destruction of, or damage to, such property by such minor. No more than $2,500 may be recovered from such parents, or either of them, as a result of any incident or occurrence on which such action is based. Any recovery from the parent or parents of such minor shall not preclude full recovery from such minor except to the amount of the recovery from such parent or parents. The provisions of this statute shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other law imposing upon a parent liability for the acts of his minor child.