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Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-192 (2026)

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When the Comptroller or other authorized person shall disallow, either in whole or in part, any such claim against the Commonwealth as is provided for by §§ 2.2-814, 2.2-815 or 8.01-605 at which time a right of action under this section shall be deemed to accrue, the person presenting such claim may petition an appropriate circuit court for redress.

Code 1950, § 8-752; 1966, c. 452; 1977, c. 617.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 34 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1980–2025 · leading case: Wiecking v. Allied Med. Supply Corp., 391 S.E.2d 258 (Va. 1990).
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Wiecking v. Allied Med. Supply Corp., 391 S.E.2d 258 (Va. 1990). · cites it 6× “, Code § 8.01-192; and time limitations upon their enforceability, e.”
Commonwealth v. Luzik, 524 S.E.2d 871 (Va. 2000). · cites it 6× “Citing Code § 8.01-192, which provides in pertinent part that “[wjhen the Comptroller or other authorized person shall disallow .”
Jacobs v. Coll. of William & Mary, 495 F. Supp. 183 (E.D. Va. 1980). · cites it 5× “01-605 at which time a right of action under this section shall be deemed to accrue, the person presenting such claim may petition an appropriate circuit court for redress.”
Cominelli v. The Rector & Visits. of Univ. Of Va., 589 F. Supp. 2d 706 (W.D. Va. 2008). · cites it 5× “Va.Code § 8.01-192. Because Section 2.2-814 provides a limited waiver of sovereign immunity, it must be strictly construed in favor of the Commonwealth.”
Dr. William E.S. Flory Small Bus. Dev. Ctr., Inc. v. Commonwealth, 541 S.E.2d 915 (Va. 2001). · cites it 2× “If the head of the agency disallows the claim, Code § 8.01-192 provides that a right of action accrues and “the person presenting such claim may petition an appropriate circuit court for redress.”
XL Specialty Ins. Co. v. Commonwealth of Virginia, Dep't of Transp., 624 S.E.2d 658 (Va. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 12× “Code § 8.01-192 reflects the Commonwealth’s limited consent to be sued in contract cases.”
Richard L. Deal & Assocs., Inc. v. Commonwealth, 299 S.E.2d 346 (Va. 1983). · cites it 2× “Deal has filed a timely petition for judicial redress pursuant to Code § 8.01-192.”
XL Specialty Ins. Co. v. Dept. of Transp., 611 S.E.2d 356 (Va. 2005). · cites it 2× “Those same documents were exhibits to the motion for judgment regarding the project in York County, The performance bond is the only contract in the record regarding the York County project.”
Sartin v. Mazur, 375 S.E.2d 741 (Va. 1989). · cites it 2× “Sartin filed this action in the trial court seeking recovery in damages against the Commonwealth of Virginia, as permitted by Code § 8.01-192 (when certain claims against the State disallowed by authorized public official, claimant may petition appropriate circuit court for…”
Croatan Books, Inc. v. Com. of Va., 574 F. Supp. 880 (E.D. Va. 1983). · cites it 2× “1980), the district court considered Section 8.01-192 of the Virginia Code, which allows certain claims against the Commonwealth to be brought *883 in its circuit courts and rejected the argument that this narrow waiver operates as a blanket consent to be sued in federal courts:…”
Geographic Network Affiliates-Int'l, Inc. v. Enter. for Empowerment Found. at Norfolk State Univ., 69 Va. Cir. 428 (Norfolk Cir. Ct. 2006). · cites it 4× “See Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-192 . After the Commonwealth disallows the claim, the claimant’s cause of action accrues and he or she may seek redress in the appropriate circuit court.”
Keenan v. Washington Metro. Area Transit Auth., 643 F. Supp. 324 (D.D.C. 1986). “(1984); Va.Code §§ 8.01-192 et seq. (1984), neither statute contains a provision expressly vesting the state’s attorneys with the power to waive Eleventh Amendment *333 immunity.”
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