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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>364390</law_id><section_number>45.2-616</section_number><catch_line> Article subject to provisions of general law</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="99" identifier="45.2">Mines, Minerals, and Energy</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Coal Mining</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="A">Coal Mines Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="6">Coal Mining Property, Interests, Adjacent Owners, and Dams</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="3" identifier="3">Emergency Seizure of Coal Property by the Commonwealth</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The provisions of this article are subject to all of the provisions of general <span class="dictionary">law</span> applicable to coal mining operations.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 45-154; 1950, p. 33; 1966, c. 594, &#xA7; 45.1-154; 1994, c. 28, &#xA7; 45.1-161.318; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
