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This law was first created in 2010. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 730<\/a> and 762<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":224765,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80520,"identifier":"45.2-1621","token":"45.2\/IV\/16\/2\/45.2-1621","url":"\/45.2-1621\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1621\/","token":"45.2\/IV\/16\/2\/45.2-1621","dublin_core":{"Title":" Coalbed methane gas; ownership","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1621","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No conveyance, reservation, or exception of coal shall be deemed to include coalbed methane gas<\/span>. Nothing in this section shall affect a coal operator<\/span>’s right to vent coalbed methane gas<\/span> for safety purposes or release coalbed methane gas<\/span> in connection with mining operations. The provisions of this section shall not affect any settlement<\/span> of any dispute, or any judgment<\/span> or governmental order<\/span>, as to the ownership or development of coalbed methane gas<\/span> made or entered into prior to April 13, 2010.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n COALBED METHANE GAS; OWNERSHIP (\u00a7 45.2-1621)\n\nNo conveyance, reservation, or exception of coal shall be deemed to include\ncoalbed methane gas. Nothing in this section shall affect a coal\noperator’s right to vent coalbed methane gas for safety purposes or\nrelease coalbed methane gas in connection with mining operations. The provisions\nof this section shall not affect any settlement of any dispute, or any judgment\nor governmental order, as to the ownership or development of coalbed methane gas\nmade or entered into prior to April 13, 2010.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, cc. 730, 762, \u00a7 45.1-361.21:1; 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}}