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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 413 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 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1976, chapter 357; in 1985, chapter 488; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 469<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 29<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67402,"section_number":"63.2-1929","catch_line":"Orders to withhold and to deliver property of debtor; issuance and service; contents; right to appeal; answer; effect; delivery of property; bond to release; fee; exemptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1929\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":69701,"section_number":"63.2-1923","catch_line":"Immediate withholding from income; exception; notices required","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1923\/"},{"id":74827,"section_number":"63.2-1924","catch_line":"Withholding from income; default of administrative or judicial support order; notices required; priorities; orders from other states","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1924\/"},{"id":67738,"section_number":"63.2-1933","catch_line":"Distraint, seizure and sale of property subject to liens","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1933\/"},{"id":69441,"section_number":"63.2-1945","catch_line":"Assignment of earnings to be honored; inapplicability of \u00a7 40.1-31","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1945\/"}],"permalink":{"id":272621,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64287,"identifier":"63.2-1930","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/6\/63.2-1930","url":"\/63.2-1930\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1930\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/6\/63.2-1930","dublin_core":{"Title":"Civil liability upon failure to comply with lien, order, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1930","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Should any person, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision or department<\/span> of this Commonwealth fail to answer an order<\/span> to withhold and deliver within the time prescribed herein, or fail or refuse to deliver property pursuant to said order<\/span>, or after actual notice of filing of a support lien<\/span>, pay over, release, sell, transfer, or convey real or personal property subject to a support lien<\/span> to or for the benefit of the debtor or any other person, or fail or refuse to surrender upon demand property distrained under \u00a7 63.2-1933<\/a> or fail or refuse to honor a voluntary assignment of wages under \u00a7 63.2-1945<\/a> presented by the Commissioner<\/span>, such person, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision or department<\/span> of this Commonwealth shall be liable to the Department<\/span> in an amount equal to 100 percent of the value of the debt<\/span> which is the basis of the lien<\/span>, order<\/span> to withhold and deliver, distraint, or an income<\/span> withholding order<\/span> or voluntary assignment of wages. A noncustodial parent<\/span>’s employer<\/span> issued an income<\/span> withholding order<\/span> by first-class mail or electronic means<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1923<\/a> or 63.2-1924<\/a> shall not be liable to the Department<\/span> unless the Department<\/span> shows that such employer<\/span> had actual notice of the withholding order<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCIVIL LIABILITY UPON FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH LIEN, ORDER, ETC (\u00a7 63.2-1930)\n\nShould any person, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision or\ndepartment of this Commonwealth fail to answer an order to withhold and deliver\nwithin the time prescribed herein, or fail or refuse to deliver property\npursuant to said order, or after actual notice of filing of a support lien, pay\nover, release, sell, transfer, or convey real or personal property subject to a\nsupport lien to or for the benefit of the debtor or any other person, or fail or\nrefuse to surrender upon demand property distrained under \u00a7 63.2-1933 or fail\nor refuse to honor a voluntary assignment of wages under \u00a7 63.2-1945 presented\nby the Commissioner, such person, firm, corporation, association, political\nsubdivision or department of this Commonwealth shall be liable to the Department\nin an amount equal to 100 percent of the value of the debt which is the basis of\nthe lien, order to withhold and deliver, distraint, or an income withholding\norder or voluntary assignment of wages. A noncustodial parent’s employer\nissued an income withholding order by first-class mail or electronic means\npursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1923 or 63.2-1924 shall not be liable to the Department\nunless the Department shows that such employer had actual notice of the\nwithholding order.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 413, \u00a7 63.1-258; 1976, c. 357; 1985, c. 488; 2002, c. 747;\n2003, c. 469; 2016, c. 29.","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}}