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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78522</law_id><section_number>58.1-2299.13</section_number><catch_line>Memorandum of lien for collection of taxes</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="22.1">Motor Vehicle Fuels Sales Tax in Certain Transportation Districts</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> If any taxes or fees, including penalties and interest, due under this chapter become delinquent or are past due, the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may file a <span class="dictionary">memorandum</span> of <span class="dictionary">lien</span> in the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> clerk&#x2019;s office of the county or city in which the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span>&#x2019;s place of business is located or in which the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> resides. If the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> has no place of business or residence within the Commonwealth, such <span class="dictionary">memorandum</span> may be filed in the <span class="dictionary">Circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of the City of Richmond. A copy of such <span class="dictionary">memorandum</span> may also be filed in the clerk&#x2019;s office of all counties and cities in which the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> owns real estate. Such <span class="dictionary">memorandum</span> shall be recorded in the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> <span class="dictionary">docket</span> book and shall have the effect of a <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> in favor of the Commonwealth, to be enforced as provided in Article 19 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Comptroller to institute proceedings" href="/8.01-196/">8.01-196</a> et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 8.01, <span class="dictionary">mutatis mutandis</span>, except that a <span class="dictionary">writ of fieri facias</span> may be issued any time after the <span class="dictionary">memorandum</span> is filed. The <span class="dictionary">lien</span> on real estate shall become effective at the time the <span class="dictionary">memorandum</span> is filed in the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in which the real estate is located. <a id="paragraph-281382" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2299.13/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Recordation of a <span class="dictionary">memorandum</span> of <span class="dictionary">lien</span> hereunder shall not affect the right to exoneration under this chapter nor shall an application for correction pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Application to Commissioner for correction; appeal" href="/58.1-2299.15/">58.1-2299.15</a> affect the power of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> to collect the tax, except as specifically provided in this chapter. <a id="paragraph-281383" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2299.13/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2012, cc. 217, 225.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
