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Certified copies of the written decision shall be delivered or mailed by certified mail to the parties affected by the decision.B\n\nIf any final agency case decision is rendered following a hearing conducted in accordance with &#xA7; 2.2-4020 presided over by a hearing officer, the officer shall be paid by the State Forester if the owner or operator is the prevailing party, or by the owner or operator if the State Forester is the prevailing party. The findings of the hearing officer shall specify which party prevailed in the hearing.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":214214,"text":"Any final order or decision rendered pursuant to this article shall be reduced to writing and shall contain the explicit findings of fact and conclusions of law upon which the decision is based. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 948 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. Unfortunately, the 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":71957,"section_number":"2.2-4020","catch_line":"Formal hearings; litigated issues","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4020\/"}],"permalink":{"id":144929,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58447,"identifier":"10.1-1181.4","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/12\/10.1-1181.4","url":"\/10.1-1181.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1181.4\/","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/12\/10.1-1181.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Final decisions; costs of hearing examiner","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1181.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">final order<\/span> or decision rendered pursuant to this article shall be reduced to writing and shall contain the explicit <span class=\"dictionary\">findings<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">fact<\/span> and conclusions of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> upon which the decision is based. Certified copies of the written decision shall be delivered or mailed by certified mail to the parties affected by the decision. <a id=\"paragraph-214214\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1181.4\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> If any final agency case decision is rendered following a <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> conducted in accordance with &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Formal hearings; litigated issues\" href=\"\/2.2-4020\/\">2.2-4020<\/a> presided over by a <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> officer, the officer shall be paid by the State Forester if the <span class=\"dictionary\">owner<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">operator<\/span> is the prevailing <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span>, or by the <span class=\"dictionary\">owner<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">operator<\/span> if the State Forester is the prevailing <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">findings<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> officer shall specify which <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> prevailed in the <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-214215\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1181.4\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFINAL DECISIONS; COSTS OF HEARING EXAMINER (\u00a7 10.1-1181.4)\n\nA. Any final order or decision rendered pursuant to this article shall be\nreduced to writing and shall contain the explicit findings of fact and\nconclusions of law upon which the decision is based. Certified copies of the\nwritten decision shall be delivered or mailed by certified mail to the parties\naffected by the decision.\n\nB. If any final agency case decision is rendered following a hearing conducted\nin accordance with &#xA7; 2.2-4020 presided over by a hearing officer, the\nofficer shall be paid by the State Forester if the owner or operator is the\nprevailing party, or by the owner or operator if the State Forester is the\nprevailing party. The findings of the hearing officer shall specify which party\nprevailed in the hearing.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 948.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}