Notice of claim against the Commonwealth or a transportation district · Virginia
For Notice of claim against the Commonwealth or a transportation district · Virginia, requirement is Notice of claim against the Commonwealth or a transportation district; state is Virginia; deadline is one year; what must be done in that time is the claimant or his agent, attorney or representative has filed a written statement of the nature of the claim, which includes the time and place at which the injury is alleged to have occurred and the agency or agencies alleged to be liable; when the clock starts is after such cause of action accrued, recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.
- Requirement
- Notice of claim against the Commonwealth or a transportation district our reading
- State
- Virginia verified
- Deadline
- one year verified
- What must be done in that time
- the claimant or his agent, attorney or representative has filed a written statement of the nature of the claim, which includes the time and place at which the injury is alleged to have occurred and the agency or agencies alleged to be liable verified
- When the clock starts
- after such cause of action accrued verified
- If you miss it
- shall be forever barred verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
A. Every claim cognizable against the Commonwealth or a transportation district shall be forever barred unless the claimant or his agent, attorney or representative has filed a written statement of the nature of the claim, which includes the time and place at which the injury is alleged to have occurred and the agency or agencies alleged to be liable, within one year after such cause of action accrued.
— law.lis.virginia.gov, retrieved 2026-08-26
Source
- law.lis.virginia.govhttps://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title8.01/chapter21.1/section8.01-195.6/