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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":[{"id":85253,"section_number":"38.2-704","catch_line":"Penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-704\/"}],"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":218463,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76558,"identifier":"38.2-703","token":"38.2\/7\/38.2-703","url":"\/38.2-703\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-703\/","token":"38.2\/7\/38.2-703","dublin_core":{"Title":"Cease and desist orders may be entered","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-703","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If, after a hearing<\/span>, the Commission<\/span> finds that there has been a violation of \u00a7 38.2-700<\/a> or \u00a7 38.2-701<\/a>, it may issue<\/span> an order<\/span> reciting its findings<\/span> and directing the insurer<\/span> or director to cease and desist from the violation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCEASE AND DESIST ORDERS MAY BE ENTERED (\u00a7 38.2-703)\n\nIf, after a hearing, the Commission finds that there has been a violation of \u00a7\n38.2-700 or \u00a7 38.2-701, it may issue an order reciting its findings and\ndirecting the insurer or director to cease and desist from the violation.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 317, \u00a7 38.1-61; 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}}