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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>371358</law_id><section_number>58.1-2612</section_number><catch_line>Lien of taxes</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="125" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="II">Taxes Administered by Other Agencies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="5" identifier="26">Taxation of Public Service Corporations</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>All the taxes and levies provided for in this chapter shall, until paid, be a <span class="dictionary">lien</span> upon the property within the Commonwealth of the corporation owning the same and take precedence over all other <span class="dictionary">liens</span> or encumbrances.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 58-536, 58-599, 58-615; 1984, c. 675.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
