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Any civil action brought on behalf of a subcontractor or person furnishing materials for the contract 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. Trial shall be by the court without a jury. The submission of the claim to the Department within the time and as set out in \u00a7 33.2-1101 shall be a condition precedent to bringing an action under this article and the Department shall be allowed to assert any and all defenses in a case brought by or on behalf of the subcontractor or a person furnishing materials to the contractor which are available to the contractor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":225494,"text":"As to such portion of the claim as is denied by the Commissioner of Highways, the contractor may institute a civil action for such sum as he claims to be entitled to under the contract for himself or for his subcontractors or for persons furnishing materials for the contract by the filing of a petition in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond or where the highway project that is the subject of the contract is located. Any civil action brought on behalf of a subcontractor or person furnishing materials for the contract 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. Trial shall be by the court without a jury. The submission of the claim to the Department within the time and as set out in \u00a7 33.2-1101 shall be a condition precedent to bringing an action under this article and the Department shall be allowed to assert any and all defenses in a case brought by or on behalf of the subcontractor or a person furnishing materials to the contractor which are available to the contractor.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14547,"edition_id":1,"name":"Highway Construction Contracts, Limitations on Suits, and Adjustment of Claims","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14546,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:48:37","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:48:37","permalink":{"id":205527,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14547,"identifier":"1","token":"33.2\/II\/11\/1","url":"\/33.2\/II\/11\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14546,"edition_id":1,"name":"Highway Construction Contracts and Suits; Highway Contractors' Association","identifier":"11","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12830,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:48:37","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:48:37","permalink":{"id":205525,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14546,"identifier":"11","token":"33.2\/II\/11","url":"\/33.2\/II\/11\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12830,"edition_id":1,"name":"Modes of Transportation: Highways, Bridges, Ferries, Rail, and Public Transportation","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12806,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":205369,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12830,"identifier":"II","token":"33.2\/II","url":"\/33.2\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12806,"edition_id":1,"name":"Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems","identifier":"33.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:54","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:54","permalink":{"id":204785,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12806,"identifier":"33.2","token":"33.2","url":"\/33.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":61568,"structure_id":14547,"section_number":"33.2-1100","catch_line":"Highway construction contracts","url":"\/33.2-1100\/","token":"33.2\/II\/11\/1\/33.2-1100","metadata":false},{"id":56007,"structure_id":14547,"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","url":"\/33.2-1101\/","token":"33.2\/II\/11\/1\/33.2-1101","metadata":false},{"id":81790,"structure_id":14547,"section_number":"33.2-1102","catch_line":"Limitation of suits on contracts","url":"\/33.2-1102\/","token":"33.2\/II\/11\/1\/33.2-1102","metadata":false},{"id":61744,"structure_id":14547,"section_number":"33.2-1103","catch_line":"Civil action","url":"\/33.2-1103\/","token":"33.2\/II\/11\/1\/33.2-1103","metadata":false},{"id":69801,"structure_id":14547,"section_number":"33.2-1104","catch_line":"Application of article; existing contracts","url":"\/33.2-1104\/","token":"33.2\/II\/11\/1\/33.2-1104","metadata":false},{"id":58747,"structure_id":14547,"section_number":"33.2-1105","catch_line":"Provisions of article deemed part of contract","url":"\/33.2-1105\/","token":"33.2\/II\/11\/1\/33.2-1105","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":81790,"structure_id":14547,"section_number":"33.2-1102","catch_line":"Limitation of suits on contracts","url":"\/33.2-1102\/","token":"33.2\/II\/11\/1\/33.2-1102","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":69801,"structure_id":14547,"section_number":"33.2-1104","catch_line":"Application of article; existing contracts","url":"\/33.2-1104\/","token":"33.2\/II\/11\/1\/33.2-1104","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/33.2-1103\/","history_text":"

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 320; in 1991, chapter 691; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67358,"section_number":"2.2-4364","catch_line":"Legal actions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4364\/"}],"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":205541,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61744,"identifier":"33.2-1103","token":"33.2\/II\/11\/1\/33.2-1103","url":"\/33.2-1103\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-1103\/","token":"33.2\/II\/11\/1\/33.2-1103","dublin_core":{"Title":"Civil action","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-1103","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As to such portion of the claim as is denied by the Commissioner of Highways<\/span>, the contractor may institute a civil action<\/span> for such sum as he claims to be entitled to under the contract<\/span> for himself or for his subcontractors or for persons furnishing materials<\/span> for the contract<\/span> by the filing of a petition<\/span> in the Circuit<\/span> Court<\/span> of the City of Richmond or where the highway<\/span> project that is the subject of the contract<\/span> is located. Any civil action<\/span> brought on behalf of a subcontractor or person furnishing materials<\/span> for the contract<\/span> 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. Trial<\/span> shall be by the court<\/span> without a jury<\/span>. The submission of the claim to the Department<\/span> within the time and as set out in \u00a7 33.2-1101<\/a> shall be a condition precedent<\/span> to bringing an action under this article and the Department<\/span> shall be allowed to assert any and all defenses in a case brought by or on behalf of the subcontractor or a person furnishing materials<\/span> to the contractor which are available to the contractor.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCIVIL ACTION (\u00a7 33.2-1103)\n\nAs to such portion of the claim as is denied by the Commissioner of Highways,\nthe contractor may institute a civil action for such sum as he claims to be\nentitled to under the contract for himself or for his subcontractors or for\npersons furnishing materials for the contract by the filing of a petition in the\nCircuit Court of the City of Richmond or where the highway project that is the\nsubject of the contract is located. Any civil action brought on behalf of a\nsubcontractor or person furnishing materials for the contract shall only be\nbrought for costs and expenses caused by the acts or omissions of the Department\nand shall not be brought for costs and expenses caused by the contractor. Trial\nshall be by the court without a jury. The submission of the claim to the\nDepartment within the time and as set out in \u00a7 33.2-1101 shall be a condition\nprecedent to bringing an action under this article and the Department shall be\nallowed to assert any and all defenses in a case brought by or on behalf of the\nsubcontractor or a person furnishing materials to the contractor which are\navailable to the contractor.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 230, \u00a7 33.1-387; 1982, c. 320; 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}}