59.1-76 - Effect of failure to file certificate on right of action. - Virginia Statutes

§ 59.1-76. Effect of failure to file certificate on right of action.

The failure of any person or corporation to comply with the provisions ofthis chapter shall not prevent a recovery by or against such person orcorporation, in any of the courts in this Commonwealth on any cause of actionheretofore or hereafter arising, but no action shall be maintained in any ofthe courts in this Commonwealth by any such person, corporation or his or itsassignee or successor in title unless and until the certificate required bythis chapter has been filed.

(Code 1950, § 59-176; 1968, c. 439.)