45.1-264 - Commonwealth to have lien for reclamation work. - Virginia Statutes

§ 45.1-264. Commonwealth to have lien for reclamation work.

The Commonwealth shall have a lien, if perfected as hereinafter provided, onland reclaimed by the Director pursuant to this article for the amount of theincrease in the appraised market value of the land resulting from thereclamation, except that no lien shall attach to or be filed against theproperty of any person who owned the surface of the land prior to May 2,1977, and who neither consented to, nor participated in, nor exercisedcontrol over the mining operation which necessitated the reclamationperformed under this article, nor shall any lien attach to or be filedagainst any property if the Director waives the lien as hereinafter provided.

(1979, c. 290.)