§ 21-280 — Kickbacks
Code of the City of Richmond, Virginia, 2026 (Recodification codified through Ordinance No. 2025-207, adopted October 14, 2025) · Richmond, Va., City Code § 21-280
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Sec. 21-280. - Kickbacks.
(a) No contractor or subcontractor shall demand or receive from any of his or her suppliers or his or her subcontractors, as an inducement for the award of a subcontract or order, any payment, loan, subscription, advance, deposit of money, services or anything, present or promised, unless consideration of substantially equal or greater value is exchanged. (b) No subcontractor or supplier shall make or offer to make kickbacks as described in this section. (c) No person shall demand or receive any payment, loan, subscription, advance, deposit of money, services or anything of value in return for an agreement not to compete on a public contract. (d) 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 order and ultimately borne by the City and will be recoverable from both the maker and recipient. Recovery from one offending party shall not preclude recovery from other offending parties.
(Code 1993, § 22.1-157; Code 2004, § 74-347; Code 2015, § 21-280; Code 2020, § 21-280)