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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>372460</law_id><section_number>58.1-523</section_number><catch_line>Department to aid in collection of sums due claimant agencies through setoff</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="2" identifier="I">Taxes Administered by the Department of Taxation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="3">Income Tax</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="20" identifier="21">Setoff Debt Collection Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Subject to the limitations contained in this article, the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, upon request, shall render assistance in the collection of any delinquent account or debt owing to any <span class="dictionary">claimant agency</span>. This assistance shall be provided by setting off any <span class="dictionary">refunds</span> belonging to the <span class="dictionary">debtor</span> from the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> by the sum certified by the <span class="dictionary">claimant agency</span> as due and owing.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-19.10; 1981, c. 408; 1982, c. 621; 1984, c. 675.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Polytechnic Inst. v. Interactive Return Service, Inc.</name><case_number>Record 050710.</case_number><citation>626 S.E.2d 436</citation><date>2006-03-03</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1058847/polytechnic-inst-v-interactive-return-service-inc/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 626 S.E.2d 436 (2006) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
