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The Department shall, upon the collection of such judgment, forthwith distribute the amount thereof among the parties entitled thereto, respectively, in such manner as it may by its rules or regulations prescribe, and shall, upon the payment or collection of any such judgment, mark the same satisfied upon its records, and have the same entered satisfied on the judgment lien docket of the court where the same may have been docketed; the satisfaction of any such judgment shall be a bar to any further action or recovery against any such carrier or broker to the extent of such recovery.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1360876,"text":"If any motor carrier or broker, upon the final decision of an appeal from the action of the Department prescribing rates, charges, tariffs, or classification of traffic, confirming or modifying the action of the Department, fails to refund in the manner and within the time prescribed in the notice of the Department all amounts that the appealing carrier or broker may have collected, pending the appeal, in excess of that authorized by such final decision, upon notice to such carrier or broker by the Department of such final decision, then the Department, after thirty days’ notice to any such carrier or broker, may, unless the amount required by such final decision is paid to the Department, seek judgment in the name of the Commonwealth, for the use of the persons, firms and corporations entitled to the same, against any such carrier or broker for the aggregate amount of such collections and for costs, and may enforce the amount of such judgment and costs by process of execution, as provided by law. The Department shall, upon the collection of such judgment, forthwith distribute the amount thereof among the parties entitled thereto, respectively, in such manner as it may by its rules or regulations prescribe, and shall, upon the payment or collection of any such judgment, mark the same satisfied upon its records, and have the same entered satisfied on the judgment lien docket of the court where the same may have been docketed; the satisfaction of any such judgment shall be a bar to any further action or recovery against any such carrier or broker to the extent of such recovery.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":52115,"edition_id":2,"name":"Motor Carriers of Passengers -- Generally","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":52114,"metadata":{"child_laws":49,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:53:41","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:22","permalink":{"id":1458971,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52115,"identifier":"1","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1","url":"\/46.2\/V\/20\/1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52114,"edition_id":2,"name":"Regulation of Passenger Carriers","identifier":"20","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":52113,"metadata":{"child_laws":129,"child_structures":15},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:53:41","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:22","permalink":{"id":1458969,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52114,"identifier":"20","token":"46.2\/V\/20","url":"\/46.2\/V\/20\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52113,"edition_id":2,"name":"Motor Carriers","identifier":"V","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":5,"parent_id":52048,"metadata":{"child_laws":224,"child_structures":31},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:53:41","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:22","permalink":{"id":1458967,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52113,"identifier":"V","token":"46.2\/V","url":"\/46.2\/V\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52048,"edition_id":2,"name":"Motor Vehicles","identifier":"46.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":101,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":1830,"child_structures":157},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:52:29","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:02","permalink":{"id":1452291,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52048,"identifier":"46.2","token":"46.2","url":"\/46.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":365196,"structure_id":52115,"section_number":"46.2-2000","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/46.2-2000\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1\/46.2-2000","metadata":false},{"id":365193,"structure_id":52115,"section_number":"46.2-2000.1","catch_line":"Vehicles excluded from operation of chapter","url":"\/46.2-2000.1\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1\/46.2-2000.1","metadata":false},{"id":365194,"structure_id":52115,"section_number":"46.2-2000.2","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/46.2-2000.2\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1\/46.2-2000.2","metadata":false},{"id":365195,"structure_id":52115,"section_number":"46.2-2000.3","catch_line":"Disposition of funds collected","url":"\/46.2-2000.3\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1\/46.2-2000.3","metadata":false},{"id":365200,"structure_id":52115,"section_number":"46.2-2001","catch_line":"Regulation by Department; 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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 596<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2002, chapter 861<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1459049,"object_type":"law","relational_id":365212,"identifier":"46.2-2011.15","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1\/46.2-2011.15","url":"\/46.2-2011.15\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2011.15\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/1\/46.2-2011.15","dublin_core":{"Title":"Department may seek judgment for refunds due public and collect and distribute same","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2011.15","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any motor carrier<\/span> or broker<\/span>, upon the final decision of an appeal<\/span> from the action of the Department<\/span> prescribing rates, charges, tariffs, or classification of traffic, confirming or modifying the action of the Department<\/span>, fails to refund in the manner and within the time prescribed in the notice of the Department<\/span> all amounts that the appealing carrier or broker<\/span> may have collected, pending the appeal<\/span>, in excess of that authorized by such final decision, upon notice to such carrier or broker<\/span> by the Department<\/span> of such final decision, then the Department<\/span>, after thirty days’ notice to any such carrier or broker<\/span>, may, unless the amount required by such final decision is paid to the Department<\/span>, seek judgment in the name of the Commonwealth, for the use of the persons<\/span>, firms and corporations entitled to the same, against any such carrier or broker<\/span> for the aggregate amount of such collections and for costs, and may enforce the amount of such judgment and costs by process of execution, as provided by law<\/span>. The Department<\/span> shall, upon the collection of such judgment, forthwith distribute the amount thereof among the parties entitled thereto, respectively, in such manner as it may by its rules or regulations prescribe, and shall, upon the payment or collection of any such judgment, mark the same satisfied upon its records, and have the same entered satisfied on the judgment lien docket<\/span> of the court<\/span> where the same may have been docketed; the satisfaction of any such judgment shall be a bar to any further action or recovery against any such carrier or broker<\/span> to the extent of such recovery.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEPARTMENT MAY SEEK JUDGMENT FOR REFUNDS DUE PUBLIC AND COLLECT AND DISTRIBUTE\nSAME (\u00a7 46.2-2011.15)\n\nIf any motor carrier or broker, upon the final decision of an appeal from the\naction of the Department prescribing rates, charges, tariffs, or classification\nof traffic, confirming or modifying the action of the Department, fails to\nrefund in the manner and within the time prescribed in the notice of the\nDepartment all amounts that the appealing carrier or broker may have collected,\npending the appeal, in excess of that authorized by such final decision, upon\nnotice to such carrier or broker by the Department of such final decision, then\nthe Department, after thirty days’ notice to any such carrier or broker,\nmay, unless the amount required by such final decision is paid to the\nDepartment, seek judgment in the name of the Commonwealth, for the use of the\npersons, firms and corporations entitled to the same, against any such carrier\nor broker for the aggregate amount of such collections and for costs, and may\nenforce the amount of such judgment and costs by process of execution, as\nprovided by law. The Department shall, upon the collection of such judgment,\nforthwith distribute the amount thereof among the parties entitled thereto,\nrespectively, in such manner as it may by its rules or regulations prescribe,\nand shall, upon the payment or collection of any such judgment, mark the same\nsatisfied upon its records, and have the same entered satisfied on the judgment\nlien docket of the court where the same may have been docketed; the satisfaction\nof any such judgment shall be a bar to any further action or recovery against\nany such carrier or broker to the extent of such recovery.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 596; 2002, c. 861.","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"}}