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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61412</law_id><section_number>65.2-530</section_number><catch_line>Preferences and priorities</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="65.2">Workers' Compensation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="5">Compensation and Payment Thereof</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>All rights of compensation granted by this title shall have the same preference or priority for the whole thereof against the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the <span class="dictionary">employer</span> as is allowed by <span class="dictionary">law</span> for any unpaid wages for labor.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 65-78; 1968, c. 660, &#xA7; 65.1-81; 1991, c. 355.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
