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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 775<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":364376,"section_number":"45.2-602","catch_line":" Petition to establish a trust for missing coal owners","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-602\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1450021,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364377,"identifier":"45.2-603","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/6\/2\/45.2-603","url":"\/45.2-603\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-603\/","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/6\/2\/45.2-603","dublin_core":{"Title":" Advertisement upon filing of petition","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-603","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Immediately upon filing the petition<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 45.2-602<\/a>, the petitioner shall advertise a notice of the pending action, including a statement that the action is brought for the purpose of impressing a trust authorizing the execution of a valid and present coal lease for the development of a tract of coal described in the petition<\/span> pursuant to the provisions of subsection B of \u00a7 45.2-602<\/a>. Such notice shall appear in a local newspaper of general circulation at least once a week for two consecutive weeks.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n ADVERTISEMENT UPON FILING OF PETITION (\u00a7 45.2-603)\n\nImmediately upon filing the petition pursuant to \u00a7 45.2-602, the petitioner\nshall advertise a notice of the pending action, including a statement that the\naction is brought for the purpose of impressing a trust authorizing the\nexecution of a valid and present coal lease for the development of a tract of\ncoal described in the petition pursuant to the provisions of subsection B of \u00a7\n45.2-602. Such notice shall appear in a local newspaper of general circulation\nat least once a week for two consecutive weeks.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 775, \u00a7 45.1-161.311:4; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}