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It has been modified 3 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 1952, chapter 544; in 1958, chapter 541; in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75310,"section_number":"46.2-408","catch_line":"When Commissioner may suspend or revoke license for no more than five years","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-408\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":77629,"section_number":"46.2-402","catch_line":"When Commissioner may suspend or revoke license for not more than one year after hearing","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-402\/"}],"permalink":{"id":225855,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74993,"identifier":"46.2-403","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/12\/46.2-403","url":"\/46.2-403\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-403\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/12\/46.2-403","dublin_core":{"Title":"Contents of notice of hearing","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-403","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The notice of a <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> when mailed to any person, as provided in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"When Commissioner may suspend or revoke license for not more than one year after hearing\" href=\"\/46.2-402\/\">46.2-402<\/a> shall contain: <a id=\"paragraph-269393\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-403\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> A specific statement of the alleged <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">offenses<\/span> or other grounds for <span class=\"dictionary\">suspension<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">revocation<\/span> of the license, including the date, time and place thereof when applicable; <a id=\"paragraph-269394\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-403\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> The date, time and place of the <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-269395\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-403\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> The names and addresses of all known witnesses whose <span class=\"dictionary\">testimony<\/span> is proposed to be taken at the <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-269396\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-403\/#A3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A4\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> As to any record of <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> of any <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> which is to be offered as <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span>, the date of the <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> and the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> in which the same was had. <a id=\"paragraph-269397\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-403\/#A4\"><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 these requirements are complied with it shall be sufficient regardless of whether the licensee appeared and regardless of whether the notice was ever received. <a id=\"paragraph-269398\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-403\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTENTS OF NOTICE OF HEARING (\u00a7 46.2-403)\n\nA. The notice of a hearing when mailed to any person, as provided in \u00a7 46.2-402\nshall contain:\n\n   1. A specific statement of the alleged offense or offenses or other grounds\n   for suspension or revocation of the license, including the date, time and\n   place thereof when applicable;\n\n   2. The date, time and place of the hearing;\n\n   3. The names and addresses of all known witnesses whose testimony is proposed\n   to be taken at the hearing;\n\n   4. As to any record of conviction of any offense which is to be offered as\n   evidence, the date of the conviction and the court in which the same was had.\n\nB. If these requirements are complied with it shall be sufficient regardless of\nwhether the licensee appeared and regardless of whether the notice was ever\nreceived.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-421; 1952, c. 544; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-431; 1989, c.\n727.","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}}