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Such declaration for an area shall be made by the Commissioner upon the advice of the Director of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science on or before July 1 of each year, and ground rent due and payable in September following such declaration may be forgiven for the ensuing tax year. Such relief may continue until the Commissioner with the approval of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science declares the area again productive.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":229118,"text":"The Commissioner may forgive ground rent for oyster leases in any area declared a disaster area for oyster culture. A disaster area may be declared when any natural or man-made condition arises which precludes satisfactory culture of oysters in that area. Such declaration for an area shall be made by the Commissioner upon the advice of the Director of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science on or before July 1 of each year, and ground rent due and payable in September following such declaration may be forgiven for the ensuing tax year. 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It has been modified 2 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 1962, chapter 406; in 1992, chapter 836.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":191597,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62855,"identifier":"28.2-627","token":"28.2\/II\/6\/3\/28.2-627","url":"\/28.2-627\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-627\/","token":"28.2\/II\/6\/3\/28.2-627","dublin_core":{"Title":"Relief from rent","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-627","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may forgive ground rent for oyster leases in any area declared a disaster area for oyster culture. A disaster area may be declared when any natural or man-made condition arises which precludes satisfactory culture of oysters in that area. Such declaration for an area shall be made by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> upon the advice of the Director of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science on or before July 1 of each year, and ground rent due and payable in September following such declaration may be forgiven for the ensuing tax year. Such relief may continue until the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> with the approval of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science declares the area again productive.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRELIEF FROM RENT (\u00a7 28.2-627)\n\nThe Commissioner may forgive ground rent for oyster leases in any area declared\na disaster area for oyster culture. A disaster area may be declared when any\nnatural or man-made condition arises which precludes satisfactory culture of\noysters in that area. Such declaration for an area shall be made by the\nCommissioner upon the advice of the Director of the Virginia Institute of Marine\nScience on or before July 1 of each year, and ground rent due and payable in\nSeptember following such declaration may be forgiven for the ensuing tax year.\nSuch relief may continue until the Commissioner with the approval of the\nVirginia Institute of Marine Science declares the area again productive.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 28-128; 1962, c. 406, \u00a7 28.1-114; 1992, c. 836.","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}}