Virginia Code

Va. Code Ann. § 65.2-707 (2026)

Interest on appealed award

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An award entered by the Commission shall take effect on the date of entry. To the extent that any payment due under an award is delayed beyond its due date by reason of an appeal to the full Commission or an appellate court, payments so delayed shall bear interest at the judgment rate as provided in § 6.2-302.

1982, c. 410, § 65.1-98.1; 1991, c. 355.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14 cases, 1996–2019 · leading case: Diaz v. Wilderness Resort Ass'n, 691 S.E.2d 517 (Va. Ct. App. 2010).
Diaz v. Wilderness Resort Ass'n, 691 S.E.2d 517 (Va. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 8× “CLAIM FOR INTEREST Claimant also requests payment of interest pursuant to Code § 65.2-707. That code section provides that “[t]o the extent any payment due under an award is delayed beyond its due date by reason of an appeal to the full Commission or an appellate court, payments…”
Christopher R. Brown v. Decatur Cnty. Mem'l Hosp., 892 N.E.2d 642 (Ind. 2008). · cites it 2× “§ 34A-2-420(3) (2005); Va.Code Ann. § 65.2-707 (2007); Wash. Rev.”
Roanoke Ambulatory Surgery Ctr. v. Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc., 822 S.E.2d 675 (Va. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 4× “Consequently, given that the statute of limitations does not bar the claim and given that there is no evidence in the record and no argument from Bimbo Bakeries before the Commission (or, consequently, before this Court) that the amount billed by RASC was not reasonable or…”
Spicer v. Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Comp. Prog., 633 S.E.2d 732 (Va. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “2-201(A) authorizes the commission to administer Title 65.”
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. Holmes, 555 S.E.2d 419 (Va. Ct. App. 2001). “Claimant’s brief includes a conclusionary prayer for “interest due under [Code] § 65.2-707[and] attorney’s fees and costs due under [Code § ] 65.”
Uninsured Emp.'s Fund v. William R. Carter, No. 1228122 (Va. Ct. App. Jan. 15, 2013). · cites it 20× “In its June 14, 2012 Order, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission [ ] erred in failing to clearly set forth who was ordered to pay the interest awarded pursuant to Virginia Code § 65.2-707. 8. Under the facts before the Commission, the Award had to be premised on the…”
Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. James E. Blankenship, No. 0648112 (Va. Ct. App. Nov. 22, 2011). · cites it 2× “2 Code § 65.2-707 also provides for the award of interest to a claimant in this situation.”
James E. Blankenship v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., No. 0667112 (Va. Ct. App. Nov. 22, 2011). · cites it 2× “2 Code § 65.2-707 also provides for the award of interest to a claimant in this situation.”
Jordyn Spicer v. Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Comp. Prog., No. 2484054 (Va. Ct. App. Aug. 22, 2006). · cites it 2× “” Code § 65.2-201(A) authorizes the commission to administer Title 65.”
Euro Composites Corp. v. William Frederick Lekebusch, No. 1043082 (Va. Ct. App. Sept. 16, 2008). · cites it 2× “We deny claimant’s request for an award of his costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees herein, and remand this case to the commission for the sole purpose of considering claimant’s request for interest pursuant to Code § 65.2-707. Affirmed and remanded. specific ruling upon it.”
Clean Scape, Inc. v. Francisco Gabriel Ramirez-Gutierrez, No. 1480074 (Va. Ct. App. Dec. 4, 2007). · cites it 2× “3 In addition, the commission, not this Court, is the proper forum for claimant to raise his request for interest on the award pursuant to Code § 65.2-707. - 3-”
Red Onion State Prison/Commonwealth of Virginia v. Jerlene J. Rose, No. 1149063 (Va. Ct. App. Oct. 17, 2006). · cites it 2× “2-713, and we remand to the commission to assess interest as provided by Code § 65.2-707. Affirmed. -2-”
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