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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72084</law_id><section_number>10.1-613</section_number><catch_line>Enforcement</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>10.1-609</reference><reference>10.1-609.2</reference><reference>10.1-613.5</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="10.1">Conservation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Activities Administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Flood Protection and Dam Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Dam Safety Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person or legal entity failing or refusing to comply with an <span class="dictionary">order</span> issued pursuant to this article may be compelled to comply with the <span class="dictionary">order</span> in a proceeding instituted in any appropriate court by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall bring suit in the name of the Commonwealth in any court of competent <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> to enjoin the unlawful <span class="dictionary">construction</span>, modification, operation, or maintenance of any dam regulated under this article. Such court may require the removal or modification of any such dam by mandatory <span class="dictionary">injunction</span>. If the <span class="dictionary">court orders</span> the removal of the dam, the <span class="dictionary">owner</span> shall be required to bear the expenses of such removal.
		Should the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> be required to implement and carry out the action, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall charge the <span class="dictionary">owner</span> for any expenses associated with the action, and if the repayment is not made within 90 days after written demand, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may bring an action in the proper court to recover this expense. The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall file an action in the court having <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> over any <span class="dictionary">owner</span> or the <span class="dictionary">owner</span>&#x2019;s property for the recovery of such costs. A <span class="dictionary">lien</span> in the amount of such costs shall be automatically created on all property owned by any such <span class="dictionary">owner</span> at or proximate to such dam or reservoir.</p></section></text><history>1982, c. 583, &#xA7; 62.1-115.10; 1988, c. 891; 2006, c. 30.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
