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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 2 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 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":272657,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55671,"identifier":"63.2-1938","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/6\/63.2-1938","url":"\/63.2-1938\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1938\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/6\/63.2-1938","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commissioner may release lien or order or return seized property","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1938","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner<\/span> may at any time release a support lien<\/span>, or order<\/span> to withhold and deliver, on all or part of the property of the debtor, or return seized property without liability, if assurance of payment is deemed adequate by the Commissioner<\/span>, or if such action will facilitate the collection of the debt<\/span>, but such release or return shall not operate to prevent future action to collect from the same or other property.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMISSIONER MAY RELEASE LIEN OR ORDER OR RETURN SEIZED PROPERTY (\u00a7 63.2-1938)\n\nThe Commissioner may at any time release a support lien, or order to withhold\nand deliver, on all or part of the property of the debtor, or return seized\nproperty without liability, if assurance of payment is deemed adequate by the\nCommissioner, or if such action will facilitate the collection of the debt, but\nsuch release or return shall not operate to prevent future action to collect\nfrom the same or other property.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 413, \u00a7 63.1-265; 1976, c. 357; 2002, c. 747.","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}}