Virginia Code

Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-193 (2026)

Sufficiency of proof in action on policy; guest doctrine not applicable

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In case any school pupil or personnel, except the driver when not a pupil, whether riding in a vehicle or not, or any other person suffers injury, including death, or property damage, including destruction, through the ownership, maintenance, use or operation of a vehicle, it shall be sufficient, in an action for recovery upon the policy, to prove such facts and circumstances as are required to be shown in order to recover damages for death or injury to person or property caused by the negligent operation of privately owned motor vehicles in Virginia; provided that such pupils and personnel shall not be considered as guests, and § 8.01-63 shall not apply to them.

Code 1950, § 22-289; 1980, c. 559.

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Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2024–2024 · leading case: Jaquan Hamilton, an infant, by his mother & next friend Tanisha Hamilton v. Morris Jackson (Va. Ct. App. 2024).

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Jaquan Hamilton, an infant, by his mother & next friend Tanisha Hamilton v. Morris Jackson (Va. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 6× “Code § 22.1-193 provides that when school pupil or personnel suffers injury, property damage, or death “through the ownership, maintenance, use or operation of a vehicle,” “it shall be sufficient, in an action for recovery upon the policy, to prove such facts and circumstances…”

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