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§ 11-2. When written evidence required to maintain action

Unless a promise, contract, agreement, representation, assurance, or ratification, or some memorandum or note thereof, is in writing and signed by the party to be charged or his agent, no action shall be brought in any of the following cases: 1. To charge any person upon or by reason of a representation or assurance concerning […]

§ 11-2.01. Promise after bankruptcy must be in writing

When a debtor is adjudicated a bankrupt or discharged in a bankruptcy proceeding any promise to pay such debt, after such adjudication or discharge, shall be in writing for any action at law or in equity to be maintained thereupon. Code 1950, § 8-512; 1977, c. 624.

§ 11-2.1. Goods sent by mail

No suit shall be maintained, or judgment rendered, either at law or in equity, in any court of this Commonwealth, to recover any goods, property or thing, or the value thereof, which has been sent to any person by mail, unless such goods, property or thing has been impliedly or expressly ordered by the person […]

§ 11-2.2. Unsolicited goods deemed gift to recipient

If any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation, or any agent or employee thereof, shall in any manner or by any means offer for sale goods, wares or merchandise when the offer includes the voluntary and unsolicited sending of any goods, wares or merchandise not actually ordered or requested by the recipient, either orally or […]

§ 11-2.4. Notice of possible filing of mechanics’ lien required

Every contract made on or after July 1, 1992, for the purchase of residential real property shall include the following provision: NOTICE Virginia law (§ 43-1 et seq.) permits persons who have performed labor or furnished materials for the construction, removal, repair or improvement of any building or structure to file a lien against the […]

§ 11-3. Sealed writings; writings not purporting to be sealed

Any writing to which a natural person, corporation, limited liability company or partnership, whether general or limited, making it affixes a scroll by way of a seal, shall be of the same force as if it were actually sealed. The impression or stamping of a corporate or an official seal on paper or parchment alone […]

§ 11-4. Sizes of type in printed contracts

No contract in writing entered into between a citizen of this Commonwealth and any person, firm, company or corporation, domestic or foreign, doing business in this Commonwealth, for the sale and future delivery of any goods or chattels, machinery or mechanical devices, or personal property of any kind or sort whatsoever, shall be binding upon […]

§ 11-4.1:1. Waiver of payment bond claims and contract claims; construction contracts

A subcontractor as defined in § 43-1, lower-tier subcontractor, or material supplier may not waive or diminish his right to assert payment bond claims or his right to assert claims for demonstrated additional costs in a contract in advance of furnishing any labor, services, or materials. A provision that waives or diminishes a subcontractor’s, lower-tier […]

§ 11-4.1. Certain indemnification provisions in construction contracts declared void

Any provision contained in any contract relating to the construction, alteration, repair or maintenance of a building, structure or appurtenance thereto, including moving, demolition and excavation connected therewith, or any provision contained in any contract relating to the construction of projects other than buildings by which the contractor performing such work purports to indemnify or […]

§ 11-4.3. When acceleration of payment or repossession of consumer goods not allowed

Notwithstanding any provisions in a contract, other evidence of indebtedness or security agreement arising from a sale or financing of consumer goods as defined in § 8.9A-102 of this Code, no acceleration of payment or repossession on account of late payment or nonpayment of an installment shall be permitted if payment, together with any late […]

§ 11-4.4. Certain indemnification and duty to defend provisions in contracts with design professionals declared void

Any provision contained in any contract relating to the planning or design of a building, structure or appurtenance thereto, including moving, demolition or excavation connected therewith, or any provision contained in any contract relating to the planning or design of construction projects other than buildings by which the architect or professional engineer performing such work […]

§ 11-4.6. (Effective January 1, 2023) Liability of contractor for wages of subcontractor’s employees

A. As used in this section, unless the context requires a different meaning: “Construction contract” means a contract between a general contractor and a subcontractor relating to the construction, alteration, repair, or maintenance of a building, structure, or appurtenance thereto, including moving, demolition, and excavation connected therewith, or any provision contained in any contract relating […]

§ 11-4.6. (Effective until January 1, 2023) Liability of contractor for wages of subcontractor’s employees

A. As used in this section, unless the context requires a different meaning: “Construction contract” means a contract between a general contractor and a subcontractor relating to the construction, alteration, repair, or maintenance of a building, structure, or appurtenance thereto, including moving, demolition, and excavation connected therewith, or any provision contained in any contract relating […]

§ 11-7.1. Certain entities’ authority to extend performance agreements

A. The Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity, the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority, the Virginia Tourism Authority, the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission, a nonprofit, nonstock corporation created pursuant to § 2.2-2240.1, any county, city, or town, or local or regional industrial or economic development authorities created in accordance with law have the authority, […]