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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 345 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 1977 \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 1991, chapter 355.<\/p>","references":[{"id":69577,"section_number":"65.2-1203","catch_line":"Awards","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-1203\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":276241,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86807,"identifier":"65.2-1204","token":"65.2\/12\/65.2-1204","url":"\/65.2-1204\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/65.2-1204\/","token":"65.2\/12\/65.2-1204","dublin_core":{"Title":"Subrogation and recoupment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 65.2-1204","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall, upon payment of a claim from the Uninsured <span class=\"dictionary\">Employer<\/span>&#8217;s Fund, be subrogated to any right to recover <span class=\"dictionary\">damages<\/span> which the injured employee or his personal representative or any other person may have against his <span class=\"dictionary\">employer<\/span> or any other <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> for such <span class=\"dictionary\">injury<\/span> or death.\n\t\tThe <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall, on behalf of the Uninsured <span class=\"dictionary\">Employer<\/span>&#8217;s Fund, refer any unsatisfied claim against an uninsured <span class=\"dictionary\">employer<\/span> to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Attorney General<\/span> for collection.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUBROGATION AND RECOUPMENT (\u00a7 65.2-1204)\n\nThe Commission shall, upon payment of a claim from the Uninsured\nEmployer&#8217;s Fund, be subrogated to any right to recover damages which the\ninjured employee or his personal representative or any other person may have\nagainst his employer or any other party for such injury or death.\n\t\tThe Commission shall, on behalf of the Uninsured Employer&#8217;s Fund, refer\nany unsatisfied claim against an uninsured employer to the Attorney General for\ncollection.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 345, \u00a7 65.1-150; 1991, c. 355.","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}}