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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 454 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. Unfortunately, the 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":68973,"section_number":"2.2-4347","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4347\/"},{"id":67731,"section_number":"2.2-4354","catch_line":"Payment clauses to be included in contracts","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4354\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":177303,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73904,"identifier":"2.2-4352","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/43\/4\/2.2-4352","url":"\/2.2-4352\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-4352\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/43\/4\/2.2-4352","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prompt payment of bills by localities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-4352","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every agency of local government that acquires goods<\/span> or services<\/span>, or conducts any other type of contractual business<\/span> with a nongovernmental, privately owned enterprise, shall promptly pay for the completed delivered goods<\/span> or services<\/span> by the required payment date<\/span>. The required payment date<\/span> shall be either: (i) the date on which payment is due under the terms of the contract<\/span> for the provision of the goods<\/span> or services<\/span>; or (ii) if a date is not established by contract<\/span>, not more than forty-five days after goods<\/span> or services<\/span> are received or not more than forty-five days after the invoice is rendered, whichever is later.\n\t\tSeparate payment dates<\/span> may be specified for contracts<\/span> under which goods<\/span> or services<\/span> are provided in a series of partial executions or deliveries to the extent that the contract<\/span> provides for separate payment for partial execution or delivery.\n\t\tWithin twenty days after the receipt of the invoice or goods<\/span> or services<\/span>, the agency shall notify the supplier of any defect or impropriety that would prevent payment by the payment date<\/span>.\n\t\tUnless otherwise provided under the terms of the contract<\/span> for the provision of goods<\/span> or services<\/span>, every agency that fails to pay by the payment date<\/span> shall pay any finance charges assessed by the supplier that shall not exceed one percent per month.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to the late payment provisions in any public utility tariffs or public utility negotiated contracts<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROMPT PAYMENT OF BILLS BY LOCALITIES (\u00a7 2.2-4352)\n\nEvery agency of local government that acquires goods or services, or conducts\nany other type of contractual business with a nongovernmental, privately owned\nenterprise, shall promptly pay for the completed delivered goods or services by\nthe required payment date. The required payment date shall be either: (i) the\ndate on which payment is due under the terms of the contract for the provision\nof the goods or services; or (ii) if a date is not established by contract, not\nmore than forty-five days after goods or services are received or not more than\nforty-five days after the invoice is rendered, whichever is later.\n\t\tSeparate payment dates may be specified for contracts under which goods or\nservices are provided in a series of partial executions or deliveries to the\nextent that the contract provides for separate payment for partial execution or\ndelivery.\n\t\tWithin twenty days after the receipt of the invoice or goods or services, the\nagency shall notify the supplier of any defect or impropriety that would prevent\npayment by the payment date.\n\t\tUnless otherwise provided under the terms of the contract for the provision of\ngoods or services, every agency that fails to pay by the payment date shall pay\nany finance charges assessed by the supplier that shall not exceed one percent\nper month.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to the late payment provisions\nin any public utility tariffs or public utility negotiated contracts.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 454, \u00a7 11-62.10; 2001, c. 844.","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}}