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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 331 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 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1989, chapter 77.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":77006,"section_number":"58.1-15","catch_line":"Rate of interest","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-15\/"},{"id":83093,"section_number":"58.1-1833","catch_line":"Interest on overpayments or improper collection","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-1833\/"}],"permalink":{"id":254127,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77927,"identifier":"58.1-531.1","token":"58.1\/I\/3\/21\/58.1-531.1","url":"\/58.1-531.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-531.1\/","token":"58.1\/I\/3\/21\/58.1-531.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Errors in setoff program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-531.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If as a result of an error by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Taxation or the <span class=\"dictionary\">claimant agency<\/span> a <span class=\"dictionary\">taxpayer<\/span> has his <span class=\"dictionary\">refund<\/span> set off erroneously and is denied all or a portion of his income tax <span class=\"dictionary\">refund<\/span>, interest shall be paid to the <span class=\"dictionary\">taxpayer<\/span> at the rate provided in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Rate of interest\" href=\"\/58.1-15\/\">58.1-15<\/a> and shall accrue in the manner provided in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Interest on overpayments or improper collection\" href=\"\/58.1-1833\/\">58.1-1833<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nERRORS IN SETOFF PROGRAM (\u00a7 58.1-531.1)\n\nIf as a result of an error by the Department of Taxation or the claimant agency\na taxpayer has his refund set off erroneously and is denied all or a portion of\nhis income tax refund, interest shall be paid to the taxpayer at the rate\nprovided in \u00a7 58.1-15 and shall accrue in the manner provided in \u00a7 58.1-1833.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 331; 1989, c. 77.","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}}