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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63355</law_id><section_number>3.2-4768</section_number><catch_line>Duties and powers of Commissioner with respect to bonds</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Production and Sale of Agricultural Products</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="47">Sale of Farm Produce</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Cotton Handlers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may accept the proceeds from any <span class="dictionary">bond</span> on which he is trustee and deposit the proceeds in the state treasury with interest in favor of the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> claimants. The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may institute and <span class="dictionary">prosecute</span> suits for actions in the name of the Commonwealth on behalf of the claimants known and approved by him in any appropriate <span class="dictionary">court</span> for any purpose in connection with the collection or distribution of the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> or its proceeds. It shall be the duty of any person having a claim against a <span class="dictionary">cotton handler</span> to notify the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> of his claim. The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall have no duty to <span class="dictionary">prosecute</span> any claim unless he has received notice and believes the claim is valid. If the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> believes the claim is invalid, he shall notify the claimant. The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> a decision of any <span class="dictionary">court</span> that is contrary to any distribution recommended or authorized by him.</p></section></text><history>2000, c. 584, &#xA7; 3.1-722.36; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
