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The confidentiality of all evidence, testimony, documents, or other results of investigations leading to issuance of the emergency order, including the names of the complainant and the person that is the subject of the investigation, shall be maintained.B\n\nThe supplier to whom such emergency order is issued shall be notified by certified mail, return receipt requested, sent to the last known address of the supplier, and by personal delivery by an agent of the Governor.C\n\nIf the supplier who has been issued such an emergency order is not complying with the terms thereof, the Governor shall notify the Attorney General, who shall immediately investigate as provided for under this chapter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":272871,"text":"Upon finding that during a time of disaster a supplier is selling, leasing, or licensing, or offering to sell, lease, or license, a necessary good or service within the area for which the state of emergency is declared at such an unconscionable price that such selling, leasing, or licensing, or offering to sell, lease, or license presents an imminent and substantial danger of endangering the public welfare by creating public panic, the Governor is authorized to issue for a period not to exceed 30 days, without hearing, an emergency order directing the supplier to reduce the price of the necessary good or service to the prevailing price in the local market. 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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 451<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":262505,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76020,"identifier":"59.1-529.1","token":"59.1\/46\/59.1-529.1","url":"\/59.1-529.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-529.1\/","token":"59.1\/46\/59.1-529.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Emergency orders; penalties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-529.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Upon finding<\/span> that during a time of disaster<\/span> a supplier<\/span> is selling, leasing, or licensing, or offering to sell, lease, or license, a necessary good or service within the area for which the state of emergency is declared at such an unconscionable price that such selling, leasing, or licensing, or offering to sell, lease, or license presents an imminent and substantial danger of endangering the public welfare by creating public panic, the Governor is authorized to issue<\/span> for a period not to exceed 30 days, without hearing<\/span>, an emergency order<\/span> directing the supplier<\/span> to reduce the price of the necessary good or service to the prevailing price in the local market. The confidentiality of all evidence<\/span>, testimony<\/span>, documents, or other results of investigations leading to issuance of the emergency order<\/span>, including the names of the complainant and the person that is the subject of the investigation, shall be maintained. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The supplier<\/span> to whom such emergency order<\/span> is issued shall be notified by certified mail, return receipt requested, sent to the last known address of the supplier<\/span>, and by personal delivery by an agent of the Governor. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> If the supplier<\/span> who has been issued such an emergency order<\/span> is not complying with the terms thereof, the Governor shall notify the Attorney General<\/span>, who shall immediately investigate as provided for under this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEMERGENCY ORDERS; PENALTIES (\u00a7 59.1-529.1)\n\nA. Upon finding that during a time of disaster a supplier is selling, leasing,\nor licensing, or offering to sell, lease, or license, a necessary good or\nservice within the area for which the state of emergency is declared at such an\nunconscionable price that such selling, leasing, or licensing, or offering to\nsell, lease, or license presents an imminent and substantial danger of\nendangering the public welfare by creating public panic, the Governor is\nauthorized to issue for a period not to exceed 30 days, without hearing, an\nemergency order directing the supplier to reduce the price of the necessary good\nor service to the prevailing price in the local market. The confidentiality of\nall evidence, testimony, documents, or other results of investigations leading\nto issuance of the emergency order, including the names of the complainant and\nthe person that is the subject of the investigation, shall be maintained.\n\nB. The supplier to whom such emergency order is issued shall be notified by\ncertified mail, return receipt requested, sent to the last known address of the\nsupplier, and by personal delivery by an agent of the Governor.\n\nC. If the supplier who has been issued such an emergency order is not complying\nwith the terms thereof, the Governor shall notify the Attorney General, who\nshall immediately investigate as provided for under this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 451.","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}}