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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1962, chapter 623; in 1987, chapter 483; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":77939,"section_number":"8.01-581.01","catch_line":"Validity of arbitration agreement","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-581.01\/"}],"permalink":{"id":152759,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69840,"identifier":"15.2-1248","token":"15.2\/II\/12\/4\/15.2-1248","url":"\/15.2-1248\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1248\/","token":"15.2\/II\/12\/4\/15.2-1248","dublin_core":{"Title":"No action against county until claim presented to governing body","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1248","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No action shall be maintained by any person against a county<\/span> upon any claim or demand until such person has presented his claim to the governing body<\/span> of the county<\/span>, unless the governing body<\/span> has entered into a binding arbitration agreement or there is a provision in a written contract<\/span> with the county<\/span> to submit to arbitration any controversy thereafter arising. When there exists such a provision in a contract<\/span> or there is a written agreement to arbitrate, the provisions of the Uniform Arbitration Act, Article 2 (\u00a7 8.01-581.01<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 21 of Title 8.01, shall apply.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNO ACTION AGAINST COUNTY UNTIL CLAIM PRESENTED TO GOVERNING BODY (\u00a7 15.2-1248)\n\nNo action shall be maintained by any person against a county upon any claim or\ndemand until such person has presented his claim to the governing body of the\ncounty, unless the governing body has entered into a binding arbitration\nagreement or there is a provision in a written contract with the county to\nsubmit to arbitration any controversy thereafter arising. When there exists such\na provision in a contract or there is a written agreement to arbitrate, the\nprovisions of the Uniform Arbitration Act, Article 2 (\u00a7 8.01-581.01 et seq.) of\nChapter 21 of Title 8.01, shall apply.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-261; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-554; 1987, c. 483; 1997, c.\n587.","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}}