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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 773<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":194173,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84425,"identifier":"3.2-407","token":"3.2\/I\/4\/3.2-407","url":"\/3.2-407\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-407\/","token":"3.2\/I\/4\/3.2-407","dublin_core":{"Title":"Liens","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-407","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If a person who is required to pay a civil penalty<\/span> under this chapter fails to do so, the Commissioner<\/span> may transmit a true copy of the order<\/span> assessing such penalty<\/span> to the clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of any county or city wherein it is ascertained that the person owing such penalty<\/span> has any estate; and the clerk to whom such copy is transmitted shall record it, as a judgment<\/span> is required by law<\/span> to be recorded, and shall index it in the name of the Commonwealth as well as in the name of the person owing the civil penalty<\/span>, and thereupon there shall be a lien<\/span> in favor of the Commonwealth on the property within such locality of the person owing the civil penalty<\/span> in the amount of the civil penalty<\/span>. The Commissioner<\/span> and Board<\/span> may collect civil penalties that are owed in the same manner as provided by law<\/span> in respect to judgment<\/span> of a circuit<\/span> court<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIENS (\u00a7 3.2-407)\n\nIf a person who is required to pay a civil penalty under this chapter fails to\ndo so, the Commissioner may transmit a true copy of the order assessing such\npenalty to the clerk of the circuit court of any county or city wherein it is\nascertained that the person owing such penalty has any estate; and the clerk to\nwhom such copy is transmitted shall record it, as a judgment is required by law\nto be recorded, and shall index it in the name of the Commonwealth as well as in\nthe name of the person owing the civil penalty, and thereupon there shall be a\nlien in favor of the Commonwealth on the property within such locality of the\nperson owing the civil penalty in the amount of the civil penalty. The\nCommissioner and Board may collect civil penalties that are owed in the same\nmanner as provided by law in respect to judgment of a circuit court.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, c. 773, \u00a7 10.1-559.8; 2008, c. 860.","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}}