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Within a reasonable time after the request the Commission, after having given not less than ten days&#8217; written notice of the time and place of hearing, shall hear the person aggrieved by the order or decision. Within a reasonable time after the hearing the Commission shall affirm, reverse or modify its previous action, specifying its reasons for the affirmation, reversal or modification.B\n\nPending the hearing and decision on its previous action, the Commission may suspend or postpone the effective date of the order or decision to which the hearing relates.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":243837,"text":"Any person aggrieved by an order or a decision of the Commission made under this chapter without a hearing may, within thirty days after notice of the order or decision, make a written request to the Commission for a hearing on that order or decision. Within a reasonable time after the request the Commission, after having given not less than ten days&#8217; written notice of the time and place of hearing, shall hear the person aggrieved by the order or decision. Within a reasonable time after the hearing the Commission shall affirm, reverse or modify its previous action, specifying its reasons for the affirmation, reversal or modification.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":243838,"text":"Pending the hearing and decision on its previous action, the Commission may suspend or postpone the effective date of the order or decision to which the hearing relates.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13456,"edition_id":1,"name":"Regulation of Rates Generally","identifier":"19","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12698,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:55","permalink":{"id":212945,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13456,"identifier":"19","token":"38.2\/19","url":"\/38.2\/19\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12698,"edition_id":1,"name":"Insurance","identifier":"38.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":210661,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12698,"identifier":"38.2","token":"38.2","url":"\/38.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":66229,"structure_id":13456,"section_number":"38.2-1900","catch_line":"Purposes of chapter","url":"\/38.2-1900\/","token":"38.2\/19\/38.2-1900","metadata":false},{"id":57539,"structure_id":13456,"section_number":"38.2-1901","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/38.2-1901\/","token":"38.2\/19\/38.2-1901","metadata":false},{"id":74191,"structure_id":13456,"section_number":"38.2-1902","catch_line":"Scope of chapter","url":"\/38.2-1902\/","token":"38.2\/19\/38.2-1902","metadata":false},{"id":70651,"structure_id":13456,"section_number":"38.2-1903","catch_line":"Exemptions","url":"\/38.2-1903\/","token":"38.2\/19\/38.2-1903","metadata":false},{"id":86657,"structure_id":13456,"section_number":"38.2-1903.1","catch_line":"Exemptions of large commercial risks","url":"\/38.2-1903.1\/","token":"38.2\/19\/38.2-1903.1","metadata":false},{"id":68129,"structure_id":13456,"section_number":"38.2-1904","catch_line":"Rate standards","url":"\/38.2-1904\/","token":"38.2\/19\/38.2-1904","metadata":false},{"id":57802,"structure_id":13456,"section_number":"38.2-1905","catch_line":"Motor vehicle insurer not to charge points or increase premiums in certain instances","url":"\/38.2-1905\/","token":"38.2\/19\/38.2-1905","metadata":false},{"id":80697,"structure_id":13456,"section_number":"38.2-1905.1","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/38.2-1905.1\/","token":"38.2\/19\/38.2-1905.1","metadata":false},{"id":70804,"structure_id":13456,"section_number":"38.2-1906","catch_line":"Filing and use of rates","url":"\/38.2-1906\/","token":"38.2\/19\/38.2-1906","metadata":false},{"id":54809,"structure_id":13456,"section_number":"38.2-1906.1","catch_line":"Misquote of premium","url":"\/38.2-1906.1\/","token":"38.2\/19\/38.2-1906.1","metadata":false},{"id":67605,"structure_id":13456,"section_number":"38.2-1907","catch_line":"Filings open to inspection","url":"\/38.2-1907\/","token":"38.2\/19\/38.2-1907","metadata":false},{"id":61334,"structure_id":13456,"section_number":"38.2-1908","catch_line":"Rate making and delegation of filing obligation","url":"\/38.2-1908\/","token":"38.2\/19\/38.2-1908","metadata":false},{"id":76329,"structure_id":13456,"section_number":"38.2-1909","catch_line":"Review of rates by Commission","url":"\/38.2-1909\/","token":"38.2\/19\/38.2-1909","metadata":false},{"id":64325,"structure_id":13456,"section_number":"38.2-1910","catch_line":"Disapproval of rates","url":"\/38.2-1910\/","token":"38.2\/19\/38.2-1910","metadata":false},{"id":63878,"structure_id":13456,"section_number":"38.2-1911","catch_line":"Special restrictions on individual insurers","url":"\/38.2-1911\/","token":"38.2\/19\/38.2-1911","metadata":false},{"id":77322,"structure_id":13456,"section_number":"38.2-1912","catch_line":"Delayed effect of rates; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 504 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 1973 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1986, chapter 562.<\/p>","references":[{"id":77780,"section_number":"38.2-1915","catch_line":"Joint underwriting or joint reinsurance organizations","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-1915\/"},{"id":79475,"section_number":"38.2-3725","catch_line":"Policy forms to be filed with Commission; approval or disapproval by Commission","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3725\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":213083,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67284,"identifier":"38.2-1926","token":"38.2\/19\/38.2-1926","url":"\/38.2-1926\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-1926\/","token":"38.2\/19\/38.2-1926","dublin_core":{"Title":"Action of Commission upon request for hearing on order or decision made without a hearing","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-1926","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\">person<\/span> aggrieved by an <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> or a decision of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> made under this chapter without a <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> may, within thirty days after notice of the <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> or decision, make a written request to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> for a <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> on that <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> or decision. Within a reasonable time after the request the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>, after having given not less than ten days&#8217; written notice of the time and place of <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span>, shall hear the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> aggrieved by the <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> or decision. Within a reasonable time after the <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall <span class=\"dictionary\">affirm<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">reverse<\/span> or modify its previous action, specifying its reasons for the affirmation, reversal or modification. <a id=\"paragraph-243837\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-1926\/#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> Pending the <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> and decision on its previous action, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> may suspend or postpone the effective date of the <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> or decision to which the <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> relates. <a id=\"paragraph-243838\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-1926\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACTION OF COMMISSION UPON REQUEST FOR HEARING ON ORDER OR DECISION MADE WITHOUT\nA HEARING (\u00a7 38.2-1926)\n\nA. Any person aggrieved by an order or a decision of the Commission made under\nthis chapter without a hearing may, within thirty days after notice of the order\nor decision, make a written request to the Commission for a hearing on that\norder or decision. Within a reasonable time after the request the Commission,\nafter having given not less than ten days&#8217; written notice of the time and\nplace of hearing, shall hear the person aggrieved by the order or decision.\nWithin a reasonable time after the hearing the Commission shall affirm, reverse\nor modify its previous action, specifying its reasons for the affirmation,\nreversal or modification.\n\nB. Pending the hearing and decision on its previous action, the Commission may\nsuspend or postpone the effective date of the order or decision to which the\nhearing relates.\n\nHISTORY: 1973, c. 504, \u00a7 38.1-279.54; 1986, c. 562.","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}}