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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 76 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 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":79925,"section_number":"45.2-1207","catch_line":" Special Reclamation Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1207\/"}],"permalink":{"id":224467,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71516,"identifier":"45.2-1214","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/2\/45.2-1214","url":"\/45.2-1214\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1214\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/2\/45.2-1214","dublin_core":{"Title":" Collection of debts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1214","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The amount by which the cost of <span class=\"dictionary\">reclamation<\/span> exceeds the amount of the <span class=\"dictionary\">operator<\/span>&#8217;s forfeited <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span> shall constitute a debt of the <span class=\"dictionary\">operator<\/span> to the Commonwealth. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> is authorized to collect such debts, together with the cost of collection, through appropriate legal action or by declaring the forfeiture of other payments. Moneys collected through legal action, less the cost of collections, shall be deposited in the Special <span class=\"dictionary\">Reclamation<\/span> Fund created pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\" Special Reclamation Fund\" href=\"\/45.2-1207\/\">45.2-1207<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n COLLECTION OF DEBTS (\u00a7 45.2-1214)\n\nThe amount by which the cost of reclamation exceeds the amount of the\noperator&#8217;s forfeited bond shall constitute a debt of the operator to the\nCommonwealth. The Director is authorized to collect such debts, together with\nthe cost of collection, through appropriate legal action or by declaring the\nforfeiture of other payments. Moneys collected through legal action, less the\ncost of collections, shall be deposited in the Special Reclamation Fund created\npursuant to \u00a7 45.2-1207.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 76, \u00a7 45.1-186.2; 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}}