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The Director shall not return orphaned land to any use other than the minimum potential use of the land that existed prior to the initiation of mining operations unless the landowner or owners, or lessee or lessees, agree to bind themselves to the payment of the additional cost upon terms that the Director deems reasonable. In entering into such agreements, the Director shall be guided by the priorities for reclamation established by him and shall not enter into any such agreement unless funds are immediately available for the performance of the agreement by the Director as provided in this article.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":231918,"text":"The Director is authorized to enter into agreements with owners or lessees of orphaned land when the owners agree to the reclamation of such land by the Division to the extent and in the manner deemed appropriate or reasonable by the Director. The Director shall not return orphaned land to any use other than the minimum potential use of the land that existed prior to the initiation of mining operations unless the landowner or owners, or lessee or lessees, agree to bind themselves to the payment of the additional cost upon terms that the Director deems reasonable. In entering into such agreements, the Director shall be guided by the priorities for reclamation established by him and shall not enter into any such agreement unless funds are immediately available for the performance of the agreement by the Director as provided in this article.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15542,"edition_id":1,"name":"Orphaned Lands","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":5,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13016,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:56:11","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:56:11","permalink":{"id":224523,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15542,"identifier":"3","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/3","url":"\/45.2\/III\/A\/12\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13016,"edition_id":1,"name":"Permits for Certain Mining Operations; Reclamation of Land","identifier":"12","label":"chapter","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12950,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:09","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:09","permalink":{"id":224405,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13016,"identifier":"12","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12","url":"\/45.2\/III\/A\/12\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12950,"edition_id":1,"name":"Mineral Mines Generally","identifier":"A","label":"part","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12949,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:04","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:04","permalink":{"id":224111,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12950,"identifier":"A","token":"45.2\/III\/A","url":"\/45.2\/III\/A\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12949,"edition_id":1,"name":"Mineral Mines","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12713,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:04","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:04","permalink":{"id":224109,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12949,"identifier":"III","token":"45.2\/III","url":"\/45.2\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12713,"edition_id":1,"name":"Mines, Minerals, and Energy","identifier":"45.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":222539,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12713,"identifier":"45.2","token":"45.2","url":"\/45.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":75150,"structure_id":15542,"section_number":"45.2-1228","catch_line":" Orphaned Lands Reclamation Fund","url":"\/45.2-1228\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/3\/45.2-1228","metadata":false},{"id":59294,"structure_id":15542,"section_number":"45.2-1229","catch_line":" Survey; priorities for reclamation","url":"\/45.2-1229\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/3\/45.2-1229","metadata":false},{"id":63673,"structure_id":15542,"section_number":"45.2-1230","catch_line":" Agreements with owners or lessees; reclamation by Director","url":"\/45.2-1230\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/3\/45.2-1230","metadata":false},{"id":76679,"structure_id":15542,"section_number":"45.2-1231","catch_line":" Contracts for reclamation","url":"\/45.2-1231\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/3\/45.2-1231","metadata":false},{"id":67436,"structure_id":15542,"section_number":"45.2-1232","catch_line":" Acceptance of federal funds, gifts, etc","url":"\/45.2-1232\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/3\/45.2-1232","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":59294,"structure_id":15542,"section_number":"45.2-1229","catch_line":" Survey; priorities for reclamation","url":"\/45.2-1229\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/3\/45.2-1229","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":76679,"structure_id":15542,"section_number":"45.2-1231","catch_line":" Contracts for reclamation","url":"\/45.2-1231\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/3\/45.2-1231","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/45.2-1230\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 634 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 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":224533,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63673,"identifier":"45.2-1230","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/3\/45.2-1230","url":"\/45.2-1230\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1230\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/3\/45.2-1230","dublin_core":{"Title":" Agreements with owners or lessees; reclamation by Director","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1230","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> is authorized to enter into agreements with owners or lessees of orphaned land when the owners agree to the <span class=\"dictionary\">reclamation<\/span> of such land by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Division<\/span> to the extent and in the manner deemed appropriate or reasonable by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> shall not return orphaned land to any use other than the minimum potential use of the land that existed prior to the initiation of <span class=\"dictionary\">mining operations<\/span> unless the landowner or owners, or lessee or lessees, agree to bind themselves to the payment of the additional cost upon terms that the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> deems reasonable. In entering into such agreements, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> shall be guided by the priorities for <span class=\"dictionary\">reclamation<\/span> established by him and shall not enter into any such agreement unless funds are immediately available for the performance of the agreement by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> as provided in this article.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n AGREEMENTS WITH OWNERS OR LESSEES; RECLAMATION BY DIRECTOR (\u00a7 45.2-1230)\n\nThe Director is authorized to enter into agreements with owners or lessees of\norphaned land when the owners agree to the reclamation of such land by the\nDivision to the extent and in the manner deemed appropriate or reasonable by the\nDirector. The Director shall not return orphaned land to any use other than the\nminimum potential use of the land that existed prior to the initiation of mining\noperations unless the landowner or owners, or lessee or lessees, agree to bind\nthemselves to the payment of the additional cost upon terms that the Director\ndeems reasonable. In entering into such agreements, the Director shall be guided\nby the priorities for reclamation established by him and shall not enter into\nany such agreement unless funds are immediately available for the performance of\nthe agreement by the Director as provided in this article.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 634, \u00a7 45.1-197.5; 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}}