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This law was first created in 1990. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 92 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 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1992, chapter 361; in 2013, chapters 305<\/a> and 618<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 305<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71561,"section_number":"45.2-1634","catch_line":" Gas and Oil Plugging and Restoration Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1634\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":70681,"section_number":"58.1-3712","catch_line":"Counties and cities authorized to levy severance tax on gases","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3712\/"},{"id":85271,"section_number":"58.1-3713","catch_line":"Local gas road improvement and Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority tax","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3713\/"}],"permalink":{"id":224843,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59598,"identifier":"45.2-1640","token":"45.2\/IV\/16\/3\/45.2-1640","url":"\/45.2-1640\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1640\/","token":"45.2\/IV\/16\/3\/45.2-1640","dublin_core":{"Title":" Report of permitted activities and production required; contents","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1640","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Each holder of a permit for a gas<\/span> or oil<\/span> well<\/span> or gathering pipeline<\/span> shall file monthly and annual reports of his activities as prescribed by the Director<\/span>. Such reports shall be for the purpose of obtaining information regarding the production and sale of gas<\/span> and oil<\/span> resources, as well<\/span> as information concerning the ownership and control of permitted activities. Filing of such reports by a permittee<\/span> shall be a condition of such permit. Every annual report filed by a permittee<\/span> shall contain a certification that such permittee<\/span> has paid all severance taxes levied under the provisions of §§ 58.1-3712<\/a>, 58.1-3713<\/a>, and 58.1-3741<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> At the same time that a permittee<\/span> files the monthly and annual reports as required by subsection A, the permittee<\/span> shall send copies of the reports by mail to the commissioner of the revenue of the political subdivision where the permitted well<\/span> is located. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n REPORT OF PERMITTED ACTIVITIES AND PRODUCTION REQUIRED; CONTENTS (\u00a7 45.2-1640)\n\nA. Each holder of a permit for a gas or oil well or gathering pipeline shall\nfile monthly and annual reports of his activities as prescribed by the Director.\nSuch reports shall be for the purpose of obtaining information regarding the\nproduction and sale of gas and oil resources, as well as information concerning\nthe ownership and control of permitted activities. Filing of such reports by a\npermittee shall be a condition of such permit. Every annual report filed by a\npermittee shall contain a certification that such permittee has paid all\nseverance taxes levied under the provisions of §§ 58.1-3712,\n58.1-3713, and 58.1-3741.\n\nB. At the same time that a permittee files the monthly and annual reports as\nrequired by subsection A, the permittee shall send copies of the reports by mail\nto the commissioner of the revenue of the political subdivision where the\npermitted well is located.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 92, \u00a7 45.1-361.38; 1992, c. 361; 2013, cc. 305, 618; 2016, c.\n305; 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}}