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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 760<\/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. 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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":82895,"section_number":"2.2-514","catch_line":"Compromise and settlement of disputes","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-514\/"}],"permalink":{"id":177361,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67052,"identifier":"2.2-4366","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/43\/5\/2.2-4366","url":"\/2.2-4366\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-4366\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/43\/5\/2.2-4366","dublin_core":{"Title":"Alternative dispute resolution","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-4366","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Public bodies may enter into agreements to submit disputes arising from contracts<\/span> entered into pursuant to this chapter to arbitration and utilize mediation and other alternative dispute resolution<\/span> procedures. However, such procedures entered into by the Commonwealth, or any department, institution, division, commission, board or bureau thereof, shall be nonbinding and subject to \u00a7 2.2-514<\/a>, as applicable. Alternative dispute resolution<\/span> procedures entered into by school boards shall be nonbinding.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (\u00a7 2.2-4366)\n\nPublic bodies may enter into agreements to submit disputes arising from\ncontracts entered into pursuant to this chapter to arbitration and utilize\nmediation and other alternative dispute resolution procedures. However, such\nprocedures entered into by the Commonwealth, or any department, institution,\ndivision, commission, board or bureau thereof, shall be nonbinding and subject\nto \u00a7 2.2-514, as applicable. Alternative dispute resolution procedures entered\ninto by school boards shall be nonbinding.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 760, \u00a7 11-71.1; 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}}