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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>356732</law_id><section_number>28.2-620</section_number><catch_line>Delinquent ground</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="70" identifier="28.2">Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Tidal Fisheries</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="5" identifier="6">Planting Grounds</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="2">General Oyster-Planting Grounds</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any ground or area which becomes delinquent shall be open and available to be leased, after the following conditions have been met:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> has notified the person in writing on or about September 1 of that year of the amount of rent due; <a id="paragraph-1327930" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-620/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If the rent becomes delinquent, the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> has mailed a second notice by certified mail on or about June 1 of the following year; and <a id="paragraph-1327931" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-620/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The person holding the lease does not pay all rents and penalties due on or before June 30 of the following year. <a id="paragraph-1327932" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-620/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 28-124; 1954, c. 352; 1958, c. 183; 1960, c. 517; 1962, c. 406, &#xA7; 28.1-109(17); 1964, c. 393; 1966, c. 684; 1970, c. 726; 1972, c. 644; 1973, c. 14; 1978, cc. 546, 548; 1980, cc. 34, 609; 1984, c. 259; 1992, c. 836.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
