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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57268</law_id><section_number>58.1-520</section_number><catch_line>(Contingent effective date) Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-2119.4</reference><reference>19.2-11.01</reference><reference>19.2-305.1</reference><reference>19.2-349</reference><reference>2.2-3808</reference><reference>2.2-518</reference><reference>33.2-1229</reference><reference>53.1-127.5</reference><reference>58.1-3133</reference><reference>58.1-3980</reference><reference>58.1-4020.1</reference><reference>58.1-4021</reference><reference>58.1-4026</reference><reference>58.1-499</reference><reference>63.2-1943</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Taxes Administered by the Department of Taxation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Income Tax</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="21">Setoff Debt Collection Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this article:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Claimant agency</span>&#x201D; means any administrative unit of state, county, city or town government, including <span class="dictionary">department</span>, institution, commission, authority, or the office of Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court, any <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> or district court and the Internal Revenue Service. All state agencies and institutions shall participate in the setoff program.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Debtor</span>&#x201D; means any <span class="dictionary">individual</span> having a <span class="dictionary">delinquent debt</span> or account with any <span class="dictionary">claimant agency</span> which obligation has not been satisfied by <span class="dictionary">court order</span>, set aside by <span class="dictionary">court order</span>, or discharged in <span class="dictionary">bankruptcy</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Delinquent debt</span>&#x201D; means any liquidated sum due and owing any <span class="dictionary">claimant agency</span>, or any <span class="dictionary">restitution</span> ordered paid to a clerk of the court pursuant to Title 19.2, including any amount of court costs or fines which have accrued through <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, subrogation, <span class="dictionary">tort</span>, operation of <span class="dictionary">law</span>, or any other legal theory regardless of whether there is an outstanding <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> for that sum which is legally collectible and for which a collection effort has been or is being made.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Mailing date of notice</span>&#x201D; means the date of notice appearing thereon.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Refund</span>&#x201D; means any <span class="dictionary">individual</span>&#x2019;s (i) Virginia state or local income tax <span class="dictionary">refund</span> payable pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Refund of overpayment" href="/58.1-309/">58.1-309</a> or (ii) federal income tax <span class="dictionary">refund</span> payable pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;6402 of the Internal Revenue Code. This term also includes any <span class="dictionary">refund</span> belonging to a <span class="dictionary">debtor</span> resulting from the filing of a joint income tax return or a <span class="dictionary">refund</span> belonging to a <span class="dictionary">debtor</span> resulting from the filing of a return where married <span class="dictionary">individuals</span> have elected to file a combined return and separately state their Virginia taxable incomes under the provisions of subdivision B 2 of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Married individuals" href="/58.1-324/">58.1-324</a>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-19.7; 1981, c. 408; 1982, c. 621; 1983, c. 545; 1984, cc. 269, 675; 1986, c. 322; 1988, c. 544; 1989, cc. 77, 245; 1994, c. 197; 1996, cc. 363, 413; 2009, cc. 571, 787; 2013, c. 766; 2020, c. 900.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
