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The notice shall require the insurer or director to show cause why an order should not be issued directing the alleged offender to cease and desist from the violation. At such hearing, the insurer or director shall have an opportunity to be heard and to show cause why an order should not be issued requiring the insurer or director to cease and desist from the violation. In all matters in connection with such charges or hearing, the Commission shall have the jurisdiction, power, and authority granted or conferred upon it by Title 12.1, and, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the procedure shall conform to and the right of appeal shall be the same as that provided in that title.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":311573,"text":"If the Commission has reason to believe that there is a violation of either \u00a7 38.2-700 or \u00a7 38.2-701, it shall issue and serve upon the insurer or the director concerned a statement of the charges and a notice of a hearing to be held at a time and place fixed in the notice, which shall not be less than thirty days after notice is served. The notice shall require the insurer or director to show cause why an order should not be issued directing the alleged offender to cease and desist from the violation. At such hearing, the insurer or director shall have an opportunity to be heard and to show cause why an order should not be issued requiring the insurer or director to cease and desist from the violation. In all matters in connection with such charges or hearing, the Commission shall have the jurisdiction, power, and authority granted or conferred upon it by Title 12.1, and, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the procedure shall conform to and the right of appeal shall be the same as that provided in that title.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15443,"edition_id":1,"name":"Antitrust Provisions","identifier":"7","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12698,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:55:04","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:55:04","permalink":{"id":218449,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15443,"identifier":"7","token":"38.2\/7","url":"\/38.2\/7\/","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":76490,"structure_id":15443,"section_number":"38.2-700","catch_line":"When domestic insurer may hold stock of another insurer","url":"\/38.2-700\/","token":"38.2\/7\/38.2-700","metadata":false},{"id":76865,"structure_id":15443,"section_number":"38.2-701","catch_line":"When director of a domestic insurer may be a director of another insurer","url":"\/38.2-701\/","token":"38.2\/7\/38.2-701","metadata":false},{"id":87018,"structure_id":15443,"section_number":"38.2-702","catch_line":"Violations; procedure; cease and desist orders","url":"\/38.2-702\/","token":"38.2\/7\/38.2-702","metadata":false},{"id":76558,"structure_id":15443,"section_number":"38.2-703","catch_line":"Cease and desist orders may be entered","url":"\/38.2-703\/","token":"38.2\/7\/38.2-703","metadata":false},{"id":85253,"structure_id":15443,"section_number":"38.2-704","catch_line":"Penalties","url":"\/38.2-704\/","token":"38.2\/7\/38.2-704","metadata":false},{"id":58828,"structure_id":15443,"section_number":"38.2-705","catch_line":"Antitrust provision","url":"\/38.2-705\/","token":"38.2\/7\/38.2-705","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":76865,"structure_id":15443,"section_number":"38.2-701","catch_line":"When director of a domestic insurer may be a director of another insurer","url":"\/38.2-701\/","token":"38.2\/7\/38.2-701","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":76558,"structure_id":15443,"section_number":"38.2-703","catch_line":"Cease and desist orders may be entered","url":"\/38.2-703\/","token":"38.2\/7\/38.2-703","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/38.2-702\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 1952. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 317 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 1952 \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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":76490,"section_number":"38.2-700","catch_line":"When domestic insurer may hold stock of another insurer","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-700\/"},{"id":76865,"section_number":"38.2-701","catch_line":"When director of a domestic insurer may be a director of another insurer","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-701\/"}],"permalink":{"id":218459,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87018,"identifier":"38.2-702","token":"38.2\/7\/38.2-702","url":"\/38.2-702\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-702\/","token":"38.2\/7\/38.2-702","dublin_core":{"Title":"Violations; procedure; cease and desist orders","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-702","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the Commission<\/span> has reason to believe that there is a violation of either \u00a7 38.2-700<\/a> or \u00a7 38.2-701<\/a>, it shall issue<\/span> and serve upon the insurer<\/span> or the director concerned a statement of the charges and a notice of a hearing<\/span> to be held at a time and place fixed in the notice, which shall not be less than thirty days after notice is served. The notice shall require the insurer<\/span> or director to show cause why an order<\/span> should not be issued directing the alleged offender to cease and desist from the violation. At such hearing<\/span>, the insurer<\/span> or director shall have an opportunity to be heard and to show cause why an order<\/span> should not be issued requiring the insurer<\/span> or director to cease and desist from the violation. In all matters in connection with such charges or hearing<\/span>, the Commission<\/span> shall have the jurisdiction<\/span>, power, and authority granted or conferred upon it by Title 12.1, and, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the procedure shall conform to and the right of appeal<\/span> shall be the same as that provided in that title.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIOLATIONS; PROCEDURE; CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS (\u00a7 38.2-702)\n\nIf the Commission has reason to believe that there is a violation of either \u00a7\n38.2-700 or \u00a7 38.2-701, it shall issue and serve upon the insurer or the\ndirector concerned a statement of the charges and a notice of a hearing to be\nheld at a time and place fixed in the notice, which shall not be less than\nthirty days after notice is served. The notice shall require the insurer or\ndirector to show cause why an order should not be issued directing the alleged\noffender to cease and desist from the violation. At such hearing, the insurer or\ndirector shall have an opportunity to be heard and to show cause why an order\nshould not be issued requiring the insurer or director to cease and desist from\nthe violation. In all matters in connection with such charges or hearing, the\nCommission shall have the jurisdiction, power, and authority granted or\nconferred upon it by Title 12.1, and, except as otherwise provided in this\nchapter, the procedure shall conform to and the right of appeal shall be the\nsame as that provided in that title.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 317, \u00a7 38.1-60; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 1; 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}}