CODE OF VIRGINIA LIABILITY OF BOARD MEMBERS; SUITS BY AND AGAINST BOARD (§ 4.1-106) A. No Board member may be sued civilly for doing or omitting to do any act in the performance of his duties as prescribed by this title, except by the Commonwealth, and then only in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond. Such proceedings by the Commonwealth shall be instituted and conducted by the Attorney General. B. The Board may, in the name of the Commonwealth, be sued in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond to enforce any contract made by it or to recover damages for any breach thereof. The Board may defend the proceedings and may institute proceedings in any court. No such proceedings shall be taken against, or in the names of, the members of the Board. HISTORY: Code 1950, § 4-12; 1993, c. 866.