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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83989</law_id><section_number>58.1-2271</section_number><catch_line>Payment of civil penalties; disposition; waiver</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="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Taxes Administered by Other Agencies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="22">Virginia Fuels Tax Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="7">Enforcement and Administration</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> assessed pursuant to this chapter shall be payable to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, shall be in addition to any other <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> or tax that may be imposed as provided in this chapter, and shall be collectible by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> in the same manner as if it were part of the tax levied. The amount of any civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> imposed under this chapter shall bear interest at the rate of one percent per month until paid. All civil penalties imposed under this chapter shall be deposited as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Disposition of tax revenue generally" href="/58.1-2289/">58.1-2289</a>. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> is authorized to reduce or <span class="dictionary">waive</span> any civil penalties under this chapter if the violation is due to a reasonable or good cause shown to the satisfaction of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>.</p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 729, 758; 2004, c. 340.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
