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This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 748<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":81902,"section_number":"43-1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/43-1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":147153,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71739,"identifier":"11-4.1:1","token":"11\/1\/11-4.1_1","url":"\/11-4.1_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/11-4.1_1\/","token":"11\/1\/11-4.1_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Waiver of payment bond claims and contract claims; construction contracts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 11-4.1:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A subcontractor as defined in \u00a7 43-1<\/a>, lower-tier subcontractor, or material<\/span> supplier may not waive<\/span> or diminish his right to assert payment bond<\/span> claims or his right to assert claims for demonstrated additional costs in a contract<\/span> in advance of furnishing any labor, services, or materials<\/span>. A provision that waives<\/span> or diminishes a subcontractor’s, lower-tier subcontractor’s, or material<\/span> supplier’s right to assert payment bond<\/span> claims or his right to assert claims for demonstrated additional costs in a contract<\/span> executed prior to providing any labor, services, or materials<\/span> is null and void.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWAIVER OF PAYMENT BOND CLAIMS AND CONTRACT CLAIMS; CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS (\u00a7\n11-4.1:1)\n\nA subcontractor as defined in \u00a7 43-1, lower-tier subcontractor, or material\nsupplier may not waive or diminish his right to assert payment bond claims or\nhis right to assert claims for demonstrated additional costs in a contract in\nadvance of furnishing any labor, services, or materials. A provision that waives\nor diminishes a subcontractor’s, lower-tier subcontractor’s, or\nmaterial supplier’s right to assert payment bond claims or his right to\nassert claims for demonstrated additional costs in a contract executed prior to\nproviding any labor, services, or materials is null and void.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, c. 748.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}