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The Commissioner may institute and prosecute suits for actions in the name of the Commonwealth on behalf of the claimants known and approved by him in any appropriate court for any purpose in connection with the collection or distribution of the bond or its proceeds. It shall be the duty of any person having a claim against a cotton handler to notify the Commissioner of his claim. The Commissioner shall have no duty to prosecute any claim unless he has received notice and believes the claim is valid. If the Commissioner believes the claim is invalid, he shall notify the claimant. The Commissioner may appeal a decision of any court that is contrary to any distribution recommended or authorized by him.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":230884,"text":"The Commissioner may accept the proceeds from any bond on which he is trustee and deposit the proceeds in the state treasury with interest in favor of the bond claimants. 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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 584<\/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":196933,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63355,"identifier":"3.2-4768","token":"3.2\/III\/47\/5\/3.2-4768","url":"\/3.2-4768\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-4768\/","token":"3.2\/III\/47\/5\/3.2-4768","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duties and powers of Commissioner with respect to bonds","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-4768","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner<\/span> may accept the proceeds from any bond<\/span> on which he is trustee and deposit the proceeds in the state treasury with interest in favor of the bond<\/span> claimants. The Commissioner<\/span> may institute and prosecute<\/span> suits for actions in the name of the Commonwealth on behalf of the claimants known and approved by him in any appropriate court<\/span> for any purpose in connection with the collection or distribution of the bond<\/span> or its proceeds. It shall be the duty of any person having a claim against a cotton handler<\/span> to notify the Commissioner<\/span> of his claim. The Commissioner<\/span> shall have no duty to prosecute<\/span> any claim unless he has received notice and believes the claim is valid. If the Commissioner<\/span> believes the claim is invalid, he shall notify the claimant. The Commissioner<\/span> may appeal<\/span> a decision of any court<\/span> that is contrary to any distribution recommended or authorized by him.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDUTIES AND POWERS OF COMMISSIONER WITH RESPECT TO BONDS (\u00a7 3.2-4768)\n\nThe Commissioner may accept the proceeds from any bond on which he is trustee\nand deposit the proceeds in the state treasury with interest in favor of the\nbond claimants. The Commissioner may institute and prosecute suits for actions\nin the name of the Commonwealth on behalf of the claimants known and approved by\nhim in any appropriate court for any purpose in connection with the collection\nor distribution of the bond or its proceeds. It shall be the duty of any person\nhaving a claim against a cotton handler to notify the Commissioner of his claim.\nThe Commissioner shall have no duty to prosecute any claim unless he has\nreceived notice and believes the claim is valid. If the Commissioner believes\nthe claim is invalid, he shall notify the claimant. The Commissioner may appeal\na decision of any court that is contrary to any distribution recommended or\nauthorized by him.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 584, \u00a7 3.1-722.36; 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}}