Virginia
What Virginia law says about deposits, firings, overtime, collectors and accidents — and where each claim gets filed.
5 guides written for this state
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| claim | free route | statute |
|---|---|---|
| Landlord & tenant a landlord keeping my deposit | — | Va. Code § 55.1-1226 |
| Employment unpaid overtime | Beginning 1 July 2026 the Department of Labor and Industry may investigate and enforce overtime, which it could not do before. Its Payment of Wage Unit takes the claim on a form you file yourself. For overtime earned before that date the Department says to go to the federal Wage and Hour Division instead, or to sue.↗ | — |
| Consumer a debt collector harassing me | The Attorney General's Consumer Protection Section takes the complaint at no cost and mediates it. Virginia has no fair debt collection statute of its own, so the conduct rules are the federal ones above and the state law behind the complaint is the Consumer Protection Act.↗ | — |
| Employment being fired for complaining | Your EEOC deadline here is 300 days rather than 180, because the Office of Civil Rights at the Attorney General's Office takes charges of the same kind — the extension in 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1) turns on nothing else. Virginia is unusually generous and it is written into the code: Va. Code § 2.2-3907 says the complaint shall be filed no later than two years from the day the practice occurred. The state claim outlives the federal one here, so do not let the 300 days go by on the assumption that the longer number covers both.↗ | — |
| Injury a car accident | — | Va. Code § 8.01-243(A) |
free route · 3 of 5 jurisdictions carry this column.
statute · 2 of 5 jurisdictions carry this column.
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