                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 COMMONWEALTH TO HAVE LIEN FOR RECLAMATION WORK (§ 45.2-1036)

The Commonwealth shall have a lien, if perfected as provided in § 45.2-1037, on
land reclaimed by the Director pursuant to this article for the amount of the
increase in the appraised market value of the land resulting from the
reclamation. However, no such lien shall attach to or be filed against the
property of any person who owned the surface of the land prior to May 2, 1977,
and who did not consent to, participate in, or exercise control over the mining
operation that necessitated the reclamation performed under this article. Nor
shall any such lien attach to or be filed against any property if the Director
waives the lien as provided in § 45.2-1037.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 290, § 45.1-264; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.