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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 829 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 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1977, chapter 423; in 1996, chapter 620<\/a>.<\/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":209493,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65941,"identifier":"36-115","token":"36\/6\/2\/36-115","url":"\/36-115\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-115\/","token":"36\/6\/2\/36-115","dublin_core":{"Title":"Subpoenas; witnesses; designation of subordinates","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-115","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any matter before it on appeal<\/span> for hearing<\/span> and determination, the Review Board<\/span>, or its designated subordinates, may compel the attendance of all needed witnesses in like manner as a circuit<\/span> court<\/span>, save the Review Board<\/span> shall not have the power of imprisonment. In taking evidence<\/span>, the chairman or any member of the Review Board<\/span>, or its designated subordinates, shall have the power to administer oaths<\/span> to witnesses. Where a designated subordinate of the Review Board<\/span> presides over hearings<\/span> on appeals<\/span>, such subordinate shall submit recommended findings<\/span> and a decision to the Review Board<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 2.2-4020<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUBPOENAS; WITNESSES; DESIGNATION OF SUBORDINATES (\u00a7 36-115)\n\nIn any matter before it on appeal for hearing and determination, the Review\nBoard, or its designated subordinates, may compel the attendance of all needed\nwitnesses in like manner as a circuit court, save the Review Board shall not\nhave the power of imprisonment. In taking evidence, the chairman or any member\nof the Review Board, or its designated subordinates, shall have the power to\nadminister oaths to witnesses. Where a designated subordinate of the Review\nBoard presides over hearings on appeals, such subordinate shall submit\nrecommended findings and a decision to the Review Board pursuant to \u00a7 2.2-4020.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 829; 1977, c. 423; 1996, c. 620.","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}}