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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56293</law_id><section_number>45.2-1218</section_number><catch_line> Priority of lien</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="45.2">Mines, Minerals, and Energy</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Mineral Mines</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="A">Mineral Mines Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="12">Permits for Certain Mining Operations; Reclamation of Land</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="2">Regulation of Mining Activity</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">lien</span> acquired under this article shall have priority as a <span class="dictionary">lien</span> second only to the <span class="dictionary">lien</span> of real estate taxes imposed upon the land.</p></section></text><history>2017, c. 4, &#xA7; 45.1-186.6; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
