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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1973, chapter 378.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":249931,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81279,"identifier":"56-480","token":"56\/15\/3\/56-480","url":"\/56-480\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-480\/","token":"56\/15\/3\/56-480","dublin_core":{"Title":"Rates, etc., on file with Commission not to be questioned in courts; revision; proof","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-480","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The reasonableness, justice and validity of any rate<\/span>, charge, rule, regulation or requirement on file with the Commission<\/span> for any telephone company<\/span> shall not be questioned in any suit brought by any person<\/span> in the courts<\/span> of this Commonwealth against any such telephone company<\/span>, wherein is involved the charges of such company<\/span> for the transmission of messages, or the efficiency of the public service and in all the courts<\/span> of this Commonwealth they shall be conclusively presumed to be reasonable, just and valid.\n\t\tAll such schedules<\/span>, rules, regulations and requirements shall be received and held in all such suits as prima facie the schedules<\/span>, rules, regulations and requirements of the Commission<\/span> without further proof than the production of the schedules<\/span> desired to be used as evidence<\/span>, with a certificate of the clerk of the Commission<\/span> that the same is a true copy of the schedule, rule, regulation or requirement on file with the Commission<\/span> and so offered in evidence<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRATES, ETC., ON FILE WITH COMMISSION NOT TO BE QUESTIONED IN COURTS; REVISION;\nPROOF (\u00a7 56-480)\n\nThe reasonableness, justice and validity of any rate, charge, rule, regulation\nor requirement on file with the Commission for any telephone company shall not\nbe questioned in any suit brought by any person in the courts of this\nCommonwealth against any such telephone company, wherein is involved the charges\nof such company for the transmission of messages, or the efficiency of the\npublic service and in all the courts of this Commonwealth they shall be\nconclusively presumed to be reasonable, just and valid.\n\t\tAll such schedules, rules, regulations and requirements shall be received and\nheld in all such suits as prima facie the schedules, rules, regulations and\nrequirements of the Commission without further proof than the production of the\nschedules desired to be used as evidence, with a certificate of the clerk of the\nCommission that the same is a true copy of the schedule, rule, regulation or\nrequirement on file with the Commission and so offered in evidence.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 4056; 1973, c. 378.","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}}