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§ 11-9. Writing payable to deceased person

A bond, note or other writing to a person or persons who, or some of whom, are dead at the time of its execution, shall be as valid as if such person or persons were then alive. Code 1919, § 5761.

§ 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 […]

§ 11-7.1. 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, […]

§ 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. 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 […]

§ 11-4.1:1. 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 […]