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I, c. 387.","full_text":"A\n\nExcept as provided in subsection B, the Director shall perfect the lien given under the provisions of &#xA7; 45.2-1215 by filing, within six months after completion of the reclamation, in the clerk&#8217;s office of the court of the county or city in which the land or any part thereof is located, a statement consisting of the names of all owners of record of the property sought to be charged; an itemized account of moneys expended for the reclamation work; notarized copies of appraisals, made by an independent appraiser, of the fair market value of the land both before and upon completion of the reclamation work; and a brief description of the property to which the lien attaches.B\n\nThe Director shall waive a lien if he determines that (i) the direct and indirect costs of filing such lien exceed the increase in fair market value resulting from reclamation or (ii) if reclamation is necessitated by an unforeseen occurrence, the reclamation will not result in a significant increase in the fair market value of the land.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":207657,"text":"Except as provided in subsection B, the Director shall perfect the lien given under the provisions of &#xA7; 45.2-1215 by filing, within six months after completion of the reclamation, in the clerk&#8217;s office of the court of the county or city in which the land or any part thereof is located, a statement consisting of the names of all owners of record of the property sought to be charged; an itemized account of moneys expended for the reclamation work; notarized copies of appraisals, made by an independent appraiser, of the fair market value of the land both before and upon completion of the reclamation work; and a brief description of the property to which the lien attaches.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":207658,"text":"The Director shall waive a lien if he determines that (i) the direct and indirect costs of filing such lien exceed the increase in fair market value resulting from reclamation or (ii) if reclamation is necessitated by an unforeseen occurrence, the reclamation will not result in a significant increase in the fair market value of the land.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14081,"edition_id":1,"name":"Regulation of Mining Activity","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":5,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13016,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:49","permalink":{"id":224425,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14081,"identifier":"2","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/2","url":"\/45.2\/III\/A\/12\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13016,"edition_id":1,"name":"Permits for Certain Mining Operations; 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Except as provided in subsection B, the Director shall perfect the lien given\nunder the provisions of &#xA7; 45.2-1215 by filing, within six months after\ncompletion of the reclamation, in the clerk&#8217;s office of the court of the\ncounty or city in which the land or any part thereof is located, a statement\nconsisting of the names of all owners of record of the property sought to be\ncharged; an itemized account of moneys expended for the reclamation work;\nnotarized copies of appraisals, made by an independent appraiser, of the fair\nmarket value of the land both before and upon completion of the reclamation\nwork; and a brief description of the property to which the lien attaches.\n\nB. The Director shall waive a lien if he determines that (i) the direct and\nindirect costs of filing such lien exceed the increase in fair market value\nresulting from reclamation or (ii) if reclamation is necessitated by an\nunforeseen occurrence, the reclamation will not result in a significant increase\nin the fair market value of the land.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, c. 4, \u00a7 45.1-186.4; 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}}