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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":224571,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86066,"identifier":"45.2-1239","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/4\/45.2-1239","url":"\/45.2-1239\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1239\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/4\/45.2-1239","dublin_core":{"Title":" Collection of debt where cost of reclamation exceeds member&#8217;s forfeited payments, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1239","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 a member&#8217;s forfeited payments and the member&#8217;s forfeited <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span> or other security, if any, shall constitute a debt of the member to the Commonwealth. 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Moneys collected through legal\naction, less the costs of collection, shall be deposited in the Fund.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 634, \u00a7 45.1-197.13; 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}}