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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 544 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1994, chapter 565<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2009, chapter 797<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":82895,"section_number":"2.2-514","catch_line":"Compromise and settlement of disputes","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-514\/"},{"id":57579,"section_number":"2.2-518","catch_line":"Division of Debt Collection","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-518\/"}],"permalink":{"id":177653,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54803,"identifier":"2.2-4801","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/48\/2.2-4801","url":"\/2.2-4801\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-4801\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/48\/2.2-4801","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-4801","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Administrative offset” includes, but is not limited to, offsetting any monies, except those specifically exempted by state or federal law<\/span>, paid by agency or institution for a debt owed to any other state agency or institution.\n\t\t“Accounts receivable” refers to the classification of debts due the Commonwealth, including judgments<\/span>, fines, costs, and penalties imposed upon conviction<\/span> for criminal and traffic offenses<\/span>, and as defined in the guidelines adopted by the State Comptroller.\n\t\t“Discharge<\/span>” means the compromise and settlement<\/span> of disputes, claims, and controversies of the Commonwealth by the Office of the Attorney General<\/span> as authorized by \u00a7 2.2-514<\/a>.\n\t\t“Division<\/span>” means the Division<\/span> of Debt Collection of the Office of the Attorney General<\/span> created pursuant to \u00a7 2.2-518<\/a>.\n\t\t“Past-due<\/span>” means any account receivable for which payment has not been received by the payment due date.\n\t\t“State agency and institution<\/span>” means any authority, board, department, instrumentality, agency or other unit in any branch of state government. The term shall not include any county, city or town, or any local or regional governmental authority or any “nonstate agency<\/span>” as defined in the appropriation act.\n\t\t“Write-off<\/span>” means a transaction to remove from an agency’s financial accounting records an account receivable that management has determined to be uncollectible.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 2.2-4801)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Administrative offset” includes, but is not limited to,\noffsetting any monies, except those specifically exempted by state or federal\nlaw, paid by agency or institution for a debt owed to any other state agency or\ninstitution.\n\t\t“Accounts receivable” refers to the classification of debts due\nthe Commonwealth, including judgments, fines, costs, and penalties imposed upon\nconviction for criminal and traffic offenses, and as defined in the guidelines\nadopted by the State Comptroller.\n\t\t“Discharge” means the compromise and settlement of disputes,\nclaims, and controversies of the Commonwealth by the Office of the Attorney\nGeneral as authorized by \u00a7 2.2-514.\n\t\t“Division” means the Division of Debt Collection of the Office of\nthe Attorney General created pursuant to \u00a7 2.2-518.\n\t\t“Past-due” means any account receivable for which payment has not\nbeen received by the payment due date.\n\t\t“State agency and institution” means any authority, board,\ndepartment, instrumentality, agency or other unit in any branch of state\ngovernment. The term shall not include any county, city or town, or any local or\nregional governmental authority or any “nonstate agency” as defined\nin the appropriation act.\n\t\t“Write-off” means a transaction to remove from an agency’s\nfinancial accounting records an account receivable that management has\ndetermined to be uncollectible.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 544, \u00a7 2.1-726; 1994, c. 565; 2001, c. 844; 2009, c. 797.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}