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However, no such lien shall attach to or be filed against the property of any person who owned the surface of the land prior to May 2, 1977, and who did not consent to, participate in, or exercise control over the mining operation that necessitated the reclamation performed under this article. Nor shall any such lien attach to or be filed against any property if the Director waives the lien as provided in \u00a7 45.2-1037.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":256303,"text":"The Commonwealth shall have a lien, if perfected as provided in \u00a7 45.2-1037, on land reclaimed by the Director pursuant to this article for the amount of the increase in the appraised market value of the land resulting from the reclamation. However, no such lien shall attach to or be filed against the property of any person who owned the surface of the land prior to May 2, 1977, and who did not consent to, participate in, or exercise control over the mining operation that necessitated the reclamation performed under this article. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 290 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 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60576,"section_number":"45.2-1035","catch_line":" Right of entry, acquisition, disposition, and reclamation of land adversely affected by past coal mining practices","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1035\/"},{"id":69982,"section_number":"45.2-1037","catch_line":" Perfection of lien; waiver of lien","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1037\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":69982,"section_number":"45.2-1037","catch_line":" Perfection of lien; waiver of lien","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1037\/"}],"permalink":{"id":223855,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71085,"identifier":"45.2-1036","token":"45.2\/II\/C\/10\/4\/45.2-1036","url":"\/45.2-1036\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1036\/","token":"45.2\/II\/C\/10\/4\/45.2-1036","dublin_core":{"Title":" Commonwealth to have lien for reclamation work","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1036","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The Commonwealth shall have a <span class=\"dictionary\">lien<\/span>, if perfected as provided in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\" Perfection of lien; waiver of lien\" href=\"\/45.2-1037\/\">45.2-1037<\/a>, on land reclaimed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> pursuant to this article for the amount of the increase in the appraised market value of the land resulting from the reclamation. However, no such <span class=\"dictionary\">lien<\/span> shall attach to or be filed against the property of any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> who owned the surface of the land prior to May 2, 1977, and who did not consent to, participate in, or exercise control over the mining operation that necessitated the reclamation performed under this article. Nor shall any such <span class=\"dictionary\">lien<\/span> attach to or be filed against any property if the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">waives<\/span> the <span class=\"dictionary\">lien<\/span> as provided in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\" Perfection of lien; waiver of lien\" href=\"\/45.2-1037\/\">45.2-1037<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n COMMONWEALTH TO HAVE LIEN FOR RECLAMATION WORK (\u00a7 45.2-1036)\n\nThe Commonwealth shall have a lien, if perfected as provided in \u00a7 45.2-1037, on\nland reclaimed by the Director pursuant to this article for the amount of the\nincrease in the appraised market value of the land resulting from the\nreclamation. However, no such lien shall attach to or be filed against the\nproperty of any person who owned the surface of the land prior to May 2, 1977,\nand who did not consent to, participate in, or exercise control over the mining\noperation that necessitated the reclamation performed under this article. Nor\nshall any such lien attach to or be filed against any property if the Director\nwaives the lien as provided in \u00a7 45.2-1037.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 290, \u00a7 45.1-264; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","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}}