                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LIENS (§ 3.2-407)

If a person who is required to pay a civil penalty under this chapter fails to
do so, the Commissioner may transmit a true copy of the order assessing such
penalty to the clerk of the circuit court of any county or city wherein it is
ascertained that the person owing such penalty has any estate; and the clerk to
whom such copy is transmitted shall record it, as a judgment is required by law
to be recorded, and shall index it in the name of the Commonwealth as well as in
the name of the person owing the civil penalty, and thereupon there shall be a
lien in favor of the Commonwealth on the property within such locality of the
person owing the civil penalty in the amount of the civil penalty. The
Commissioner and Board may collect civil penalties that are owed in the same
manner as provided by law in respect to judgment of a circuit court.

HISTORY: 1996, c. 773, § 10.1-559.8; 2008, c. 860.