name = "Atlas Commons research objects — civil legal aid capacity for Virginia (FY2025)"
description = "Virginia's LSC-funded civil legal aid capacity from the LSC Basic Field grant directory, with each figure's status labeled so a consuming agent can weight it correctly: the measured LSC records (provider count, awarded grant dollars, service-area types, and the Census-based poverty population LSC allocates by); one computed figure — LSC funding per person in poverty — a transparent ratio neither LSC nor Census publishes, with its formula disclosed; and the interpretive boundary (what this funding/capacity surface is, and is not). Source: LSC Basic Field grant directory. CC0."
license = "CC0-1.0"
jsonld = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/va.jsonld"

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/va/lsc-funding"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "6 LSC-funded civil legal aid providers received $10,250,486 in Virginia (FY2025)"
text = "The LSC Basic Field grant directory records 6 LSC-funded civil legal aid grantees in Virginia for fiscal year 2025, awarded $10,250,486 in total. A re-tally of published LSC grant awards."
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025)"
sourceUrl = "https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025); superseded when Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/va/poverty-population"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "864,396 people in poverty live in the LSC service areas covering Virginia (FY2025)"
text = "The poverty population in the LSC Basic Field service areas covering Virginia is 864,396, the figure LSC uses to allocate Basic Field grants. A Census/ACS-based poverty count summed across the state's service areas."
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory — poverty population (U.S. Census/ACS)"
sourceUrl = "https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees"
falsifier = "Re-tally of LSC's published service-area poverty figures (occurred=true), from a named authority — BUT the underlying poverty count is a U.S. Census/ACS SURVEY ESTIMATE with sampling error, not a hard census enumeration. Superseded with each LSC grant cycle / ACS vintage."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/va/service-area-types"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "LSC grant counts by service-area type in Virginia (FY2025): Basic Field 6, Agricultural Worker 1"
text = "Counts of the 6 LSC grants by LSC service-area type: Basic Field 6, Agricultural Worker 1. A count of grants per LSC-defined service-area category."
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025)"
sourceUrl = "https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025); superseded when Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/va/funding-per-poverty-person"
warrant = "DERIVED"
name = "LSC civil legal aid funding is $11.86 per person in poverty in Virginia (FY2025) — a derived ratio"
text = "Dividing the $10,250,486 in LSC Basic Field funding for service areas with a reported poverty population by the 864,396 people in poverty there yields $11.86 of LSC civil legal aid funding per person in poverty in Virginia. A transparent ratio neither LSC nor Census publishes."
source = "Justice Atlas — derived ratio (LSC allocation ÷ service-area poverty population, over the same set of grants)"
sourceUrl = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/"
falsifier = "occurred=FALSE (a constructed ratio, not an event) and adjudged=FALSE (the atlas's calculation, not an LSC/Census figure). Reproduce it: $10,250,486 ÷ 864,396 = $11.86. Falsified if either input is wrong; it counts ONLY LSC Basic Field funding for grants with a reported poverty figure, not total civil legal aid spending, so it understates total per-capita legal aid."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/va/boundary"
warrant = "INTERPRETATION"
name = "What this legal-aid surface is — and is NOT — for Virginia (the epistemic boundary)"
text = "Every figure above describes LSC Basic Field grant CAPACITY and FUNDING for Virginia (FY2025). It is NOT all civil legal aid (LSC funds only part of the field; it excludes non-LSC legal aid, pro bono, and self-help), NOT a measure of cases handled, outcomes, or unmet need, and NOT a statement of whether you personally qualify for legal aid. For eligibility and help, use LawHelp.org / your local LSC grantee; for the full justice gap, see LSC's Justice Gap research."
source = "Justice Atlas framing (over the LSC facts above)"
sourceUrl = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/"
falsifier = "occurred=FALSE (a framing, not an event) and adjudged=FALSE (the atlas's reading, not an LSC verdict) — the LOWEST-warrant claim here. The figures above are LSC records plus one disclosed derived ratio; the four-status labels each, and this is the only interpretation."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/va/sol-defamation-libel-slander"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "Virginia sets a 1 year civil statute of limitations for defamation (libel / slander) (Va. Code § 8.01-247.1)"
text = "Under Va. Code § 8.01-247.1, the civil statute of limitations for defamation (libel / slander) in Virginia is 1 year. Note: Covers libel, slander, insulting words, defamation.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title8.01/chapter4/section8.01-247.1/"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/va/sol-fraud"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "Virginia sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for fraud (Va. Code § 8.01-243(A))"
text = "Under Va. Code § 8.01-243(A), the civil statute of limitations for fraud in Virginia is 2 years. Note: Statute § 8.01-249(1) sets the accrual rule for fraud.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title8.01/chapter4/section8.01-243/"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/va/sol-medical-malpractice"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "Virginia sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for medical malpractice (Va. Code § 8.01-243(A) & (C))"
text = "Under Va. Code § 8.01-243(A) & (C), the civil statute of limitations for medical malpractice in Virginia is 2 years. Note: an outer statute of repose of 10 year(s) may also bar the claim; One-year extension from discovery for foreign object or concealment.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title8.01/chapter4/section8.01-243/"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/va/sol-personal-injury"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "Virginia sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for personal injury (Va. Code § 8.01-243(A))"
text = "Under Va. Code § 8.01-243(A), the civil statute of limitations for personal injury in Virginia is 2 years. Note: Covers all personal-injury theories of recovery.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title8.01/chapter4/section8.01-243/"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/va/sol-product-liability"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "Virginia sets a 2 years (injury) / 5 years (property) civil statute of limitations for product liability (Va. Code § 8.01-243)"
text = "Under Va. Code § 8.01-243, the civil statute of limitations for product liability in Virginia is 2 years (injury) / 5 years (property). Note: Virginia has no general products statute of repose.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title8.01/chapter4/section8.01-243/"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/va/sol-wrongful-death"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "Virginia sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for wrongful death (Va. Code § 8.01-244)"
text = "Under Va. Code § 8.01-244, the civil statute of limitations for wrongful death in Virginia is 2 years. Note: Brought by personal representative under § 8.01-50.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title8.01/chapter4/section8.01-244/"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/va/sol-contract-oral"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "Virginia sets a 3 years civil statute of limitations for contract oral (Va. Code § 8.01-246(4))"
text = "Under Va. Code § 8.01-246(4), the civil statute of limitations for contract oral in Virginia is 3 years. Note: Unwritten or unsigned contracts.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title8.01/chapter4/section8.01-246/"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/va/sol-contract-written"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "Virginia sets a 5 years civil statute of limitations for contract written (Va. Code § 8.01-246(2))"
text = "Under Va. Code § 8.01-246(2), the civil statute of limitations for contract written in Virginia is 5 years. Note: Signed written contract.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title8.01/chapter4/section8.01-246/"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/va/sol-property-damage"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "Virginia sets a 5 years civil statute of limitations for property damage (Va. Code § 8.01-243(B))"
text = "Under Va. Code § 8.01-243(B), the civil statute of limitations for property damage in Virginia is 5 years. Note: Five-year period for injury to property.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title8.01/chapter4/section8.01-243/"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/va/sol-boundary"
warrant = "INTERPRETATION"
name = "Why these statute-of-limitations periods are NOT your deadline (the L5 boundary)"
text = "The periods above are the statutes Virginia has on the books. They do NOT tell you YOUR deadline. When a claim \"accrues\" (starts the clock), whether the discovery rule, tolling, a minor/incapacity, or a statute of repose changes it, and which cause of action even applies, are fact-specific legal determinations. A missed deadline can permanently bar a claim. This atlas informs and routes — it is not legal advice and not a substitute for a licensed attorney. If you may have a claim, consult an attorney in Virginia immediately; for free civil legal aid see this state's legal-aid page."
source = "Justice Atlas framing (over the statutes above)"
sourceUrl = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/"
falsifier = "occurred=FALSE (a framing/legal boundary, not an event) and adjudged=FALSE (the atlas's reading, not a court's ruling on any case) — the lowest-warrant claim. The period+citation claims above are recorded statutes (verifiable at the cited code); this boundary is the only interpretation on the SOL data."

[[legalAidIndicators]]
indicator = "LSC-funded providers (distinct organizations)"
value = 6
warrant = "RECORDED"
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory"

[[legalAidIndicators]]
indicator = "LSC service-area grants"
value = 7
warrant = "RECORDED"
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory"

[[legalAidIndicators]]
indicator = "Total LSC allocation (USD)"
value = 10250486
warrant = "RECORDED"
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory"

[[legalAidIndicators]]
indicator = "Poverty population in service areas"
value = 864396
warrant = "RECORDED"
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (U.S. Census/ACS)"

[[legalAidIndicators]]
indicator = "LSC funding per person in poverty (USD)"
value = 11.858553255683738
warrant = "DERIVED"
source = "Justice Atlas — allocation ÷ poverty population"

[[legalAidIndicators]]
indicator = "Fiscal year"
value = 2025
warrant = "—"
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory"

[[serviceAreaTypes]]
service_area_type = "Basic Field"
grant_count = 6

[[serviceAreaTypes]]
service_area_type = "Agricultural Worker"
grant_count = 1

[[providers]]
organization = "Legal Services of Northern Virginia, Inc."
service_area = "VA-20"
service_area_type = "Basic Field"
allocation_usd = 2250194
poverty_population = 189753

[[providers]]
organization = "Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia"
service_area = "VA-16"
service_area_type = "Basic Field"
allocation_usd = 2165801
poverty_population = 182636

[[providers]]
organization = "Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc."
service_area = "VA-18"
service_area_type = "Basic Field"
allocation_usd = 1788548
poverty_population = 150823

[[providers]]
organization = "Blue Ridge Legal Services, Inc."
service_area = "VA-19"
service_area_type = "Basic Field"
allocation_usd = 1290767
poverty_population = 108847

[[providers]]
organization = "Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc."
service_area = "VA-17"
service_area_type = "Basic Field"
allocation_usd = 1236048
poverty_population = 104233

[[providers]]
organization = "Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc."
service_area = "VA-15"
service_area_type = "Basic Field"
allocation_usd = 1153314
poverty_population = 97256

[[providers]]
organization = "Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc."
service_area = "MVA"
service_area_type = "Agricultural Worker"
allocation_usd = 365814
poverty_population = 30848
