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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 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 1976, chapter 357; in 1988, chapter 906; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":58910,"section_number":"63.2-1916","catch_line":"Notice of administrative support order; contents; hearing; modification","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1916\/"},{"id":72955,"section_number":"63.2-1927","catch_line":"Assertion of lien; effect","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1927\/"},{"id":65828,"section_number":"63.2-1928","catch_line":"Service of lien","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1928\/"},{"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\/"},{"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":61523,"section_number":"63.2-1934","catch_line":"Action for foreclosure of lien; satisfaction","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1934\/"}],"permalink":{"id":272661,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59915,"identifier":"63.2-1939","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/6\/63.2-1939","url":"\/63.2-1939\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1939\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/6\/63.2-1939","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commissioner may make demand, file and serve liens, when payments appear in jeopardy","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1939","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the Commissioner<\/span> finds that the collection of any support debt<\/span> based upon subrogation to or authorization to enforce the amount of support ordered by any court order<\/span> or decree<\/span> of divorce is in jeopardy, he may make demand under \u00a7 63.2-1916<\/a> for immediate payment of the support debt<\/span>. Upon failure or refusal immediately to pay such support debt<\/span>, he may file and serve liens<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 63.2-1927<\/a> and 63.2-1928<\/a>, without regard to the ten-day period provided for in \u00a7 63.2-1916<\/a>. However, no further action under \u00a7\u00a7 63.2-1929<\/a>, 63.2-1933<\/a> and 63.2-1934<\/a> may be taken until the notice requirements of \u00a7 63.2-1916<\/a> are met.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMISSIONER MAY MAKE DEMAND, FILE AND SERVE LIENS, WHEN PAYMENTS APPEAR IN\nJEOPARDY (\u00a7 63.2-1939)\n\nIf the Commissioner finds that the collection of any support debt based upon\nsubrogation to or authorization to enforce the amount of support ordered by any\ncourt order or decree of divorce is in jeopardy, he may make demand under \u00a7\n63.2-1916 for immediate payment of the support debt. Upon failure or refusal\nimmediately to pay such support debt, he may file and serve liens pursuant to\n\u00a7\u00a7 63.2-1927 and 63.2-1928, without regard to the ten-day period provided for\nin \u00a7 63.2-1916. However, no further action under \u00a7\u00a7 63.2-1929, 63.2-1933 and\n63.2-1934 may be taken until the notice requirements of \u00a7 63.2-1916 are met.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 413, \u00a7 63.1-266; 1976, c. 357; 1988, c. 906; 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}}