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Further, no such suit or action shall be brought unless such suit or action is brought within 12 months from receipt of the decision of the Commissioner of Highways. In no event shall any delay therein on the part of the contractor, subcontractor, or person furnishing materials be construed as a reason for extending the time within which such suit or action must be brought. In any case brought against the Department on behalf of a subcontractor or person furnishing materials to the contractor, lack of privity between the parties shall be no defense; however, any such case brought on behalf of a subcontractor or person furnishing materials to the contractor shall only be brought for costs and expenses caused by the acts or omissions of the Department and shall not be brought for costs and expenses caused by the contractor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":293066,"text":"No suit or action shall be brought against the Department by a contractor or any persons claiming under him or on behalf of a subcontractor of the contractor or a person furnishing materials for the contract to the contractor on any contract executed pursuant to this article or by others on any claim arising from the performance of the contract by the contractor, subcontractor, or person furnishing materials to the contractor, unless the claimant has exhausted the review process provided by \u00a7 33.2-1101. Further, no such suit or action shall be brought unless such suit or action is brought within 12 months from receipt of the decision of the Commissioner of Highways. In no event shall any delay therein on the part of the contractor, subcontractor, or person furnishing materials be construed as a reason for extending the time within which such suit or action must be brought. 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This law was first created in 1976. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 230 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 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1982, chapter 647; in 1991, chapter 691; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56007,"section_number":"33.2-1101","catch_line":"Submission of claims; initial investigation and notice of decision; appearance before Commissioner of Highways; further investigation and notice of decision; settlement","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1101\/"}],"permalink":{"id":205537,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81790,"identifier":"33.2-1102","token":"33.2\/II\/11\/1\/33.2-1102","url":"\/33.2-1102\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-1102\/","token":"33.2\/II\/11\/1\/33.2-1102","dublin_core":{"Title":"Limitation of suits on contracts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-1102","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No suit or action shall be brought against the Department<\/span> by a contractor or any persons claiming under him or on behalf of a subcontractor of the contractor or a person furnishing materials<\/span> for the contract<\/span> to the contractor on any contract<\/span> executed pursuant to this article or by others on any claim arising from the performance of the contract<\/span> by the contractor, subcontractor, or person furnishing materials<\/span> to the contractor, unless the claimant has exhausted the review process provided by \u00a7 33.2-1101<\/a>. Further, no such suit or action shall be brought unless such suit or action is brought within 12 months from receipt of the decision of the Commissioner of Highways<\/span>. In no event shall any delay therein on the part of the contractor, subcontractor, or person furnishing materials<\/span> be construed as a reason for extending the time within which such suit or action must be brought. In any case brought against the Department<\/span> on behalf of a subcontractor or person furnishing materials<\/span> to the contractor, lack of privity between the parties shall be no defense; however, any such case brought on behalf of a subcontractor or person furnishing materials<\/span> to the contractor shall only be brought for costs and expenses caused by the acts or omissions of the Department<\/span> and shall not be brought for costs and expenses caused by the contractor.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIMITATION OF SUITS ON CONTRACTS (\u00a7 33.2-1102)\n\nNo suit or action shall be brought against the Department by a contractor or any\npersons claiming under him or on behalf of a subcontractor of the contractor or\na person furnishing materials for the contract to the contractor on any contract\nexecuted pursuant to this article or by others on any claim arising from the\nperformance of the contract by the contractor, subcontractor, or person\nfurnishing materials to the contractor, unless the claimant has exhausted the\nreview process provided by \u00a7 33.2-1101. Further, no such suit or action shall\nbe brought unless such suit or action is brought within 12 months from receipt\nof the decision of the Commissioner of Highways. In no event shall any delay\ntherein on the part of the contractor, subcontractor, or person furnishing\nmaterials be construed as a reason for extending the time within which such suit\nor action must be brought. In any case brought against the Department on behalf\nof a subcontractor or person furnishing materials to the contractor, lack of\nprivity between the parties shall be no defense; however, any such case brought\non behalf of a subcontractor or person furnishing materials to the contractor\nshall only be brought for costs and expenses caused by the acts or omissions of\nthe Department and shall not be brought for costs and expenses caused by the\ncontractor.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 230, \u00a7 33.1-192.1; 1982, c. 647; 1991, c. 691; 2014, c. 805.","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}}