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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56969</law_id><section_number>2.2-4372</section_number><catch_line>Kickbacks</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Administration of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="B">Transaction of Public Business</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="43">Virginia Public Procurement Act</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="6">Ethics in Public Contracting</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No contractor or subcontractor shall demand or receive from any of his suppliers or his subcontractors, as an inducement for the award of a subcontract or <span class="dictionary">order</span>, any payment, loan, subscription, advance, deposit of money, <span class="dictionary">services</span> or anything, present or promised, unless consideration of substantially equal or greater value is exchanged. <a id="paragraph-208611" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-4372/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No subcontractor or supplier shall make, or offer to make, kickbacks as described in this section. <a id="paragraph-208612" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-4372/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> No person shall demand or receive any payment, loan, subscription, advance, deposit of money, <span class="dictionary">services</span> or anything of value in return for an agreement not to compete on a <span class="dictionary">public contract</span>. <a id="paragraph-208613" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-4372/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> If a subcontractor or supplier makes a kickback or other prohibited payment as described in this section, the amount thereof shall be conclusively presumed to have been included in the price of the subcontract or <span class="dictionary">order</span> and ultimately borne by the <span class="dictionary">public body</span> and shall be recoverable from both the maker and recipient. Recovery from one offending <span class="dictionary">party</span> shall not preclude recovery from other offending parties. <a id="paragraph-208614" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-4372/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1982, c. 647, &#xA7; 11-78; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
