8.01-465.19 - Asserting and defending foreign-money claim. - Virginia Statutes

§ 8.01-465.19. Asserting and defending foreign-money claim.

A person may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign-moneyclaim is not asserted, the claimant makes the claim in United States dollars.

An opposing party may allege and shall prove that all or part of a claim isin a different money than that asserted by the claimant. A person may asserta defense, setoff, recoupment, or counterclaim in any money without regard tothe money of other claims.

The determination of the proper money of the claim is a question of law.

(1991, c. 24.)