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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 940<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":60524,"section_number":"25.1-310","catch_line":"Proceedings for distribution of funds","order_by":null,"url":"\/25.1-310\/"}],"permalink":{"id":189849,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67492,"identifier":"25.1-316","token":"25.1\/3\/25.1-316","url":"\/25.1-316\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/25.1-316\/","token":"25.1\/3\/25.1-316","dublin_core":{"Title":"Awards in lesser amounts than deposit; interest","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 25.1-316","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the amount of an award in a condemnation proceeding is less than that deposited with the court<\/span> or represented by a certificate of deposit<\/span>, and the person<\/span> or persons<\/span> entitled thereto have received a distribution pursuant to \u00a7 25.1-310<\/a> of such funds, the authorized condemnor<\/span> shall recover (i) the amount of such excess and (ii) interest on such excess at the general account’s primary liquidity portfolio rate. If any person<\/span> has been paid a greater sum than that to which he is entitled as determined by the award, judgment<\/span> shall be entered for the authorized condemnor<\/span> against such person<\/span> for the amount of such excess and interest.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAWARDS IN LESSER AMOUNTS THAN DEPOSIT; INTEREST (\u00a7 25.1-316)\n\nIf the amount of an award in a condemnation proceeding is less than that\ndeposited with the court or represented by a certificate of deposit, and the\nperson or persons entitled thereto have received a distribution pursuant to \u00a7\n25.1-310 of such funds, the authorized condemnor shall recover (i) the amount of\nsuch excess and (ii) interest on such excess at the general account’s\nprimary liquidity portfolio rate. If any person has been paid a greater sum than\nthat to which he is entitled as determined by the award, judgment shall be\nentered for the authorized condemnor against such person for the amount of such\nexcess and interest.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 940.","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}}