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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>352001</law_id><section_number>2.2-111</section_number><catch_line>Suits, actions, etc., by Governor</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="3" identifier="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Organization of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="A">Office of the Governor</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Governor</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> In <span class="dictionary">order</span> to protect or preserve the interests or legal rights of the Commonwealth and its citizens, the Governor may, by and with the advice of the <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span>, institute any action, suit, <span class="dictionary">motion</span> or other proceeding, in the name of the Commonwealth, in the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of the United States or any other <span class="dictionary">court</span> or tribunal in which such action, suit, <span class="dictionary">motion</span> or other proceeding may be properly commenced and prosecuted. <a id="paragraph-1310284" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-111/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In accordance with subsection A and pursuant to his duty to protect or preserve the general welfare of the citizens of the Commonwealth, the Governor may institute any action, suit, <span class="dictionary">motion</span> or other proceeding on behalf of its citizens, in the name of the Commonwealth acting in its capacity as parens patriae, where he has determined that existing legal procedures fail to adequately protect existing legal rights and interests of such citizens. <a id="paragraph-1310285" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-111/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 2-43; 1966, c. 677, &#xA7; 2.1-49; 1975, c. 241; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
