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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 638 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 1970 \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 2016, chapters 68<\/a> and 758<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65795,"section_number":"45.2-1029","catch_line":" National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1029\/"},{"id":72265,"section_number":"62.1-44.28","catch_line":"Decisions of the Board in hearings pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 62.1-44.15 and 62.1-44.25","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.28\/"},{"id":73113,"section_number":"62.1-44.29","catch_line":"Judicial review","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.29\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":71282,"section_number":"62.1-44.15:24","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.15_24\/"},{"id":72347,"section_number":"62.1-44.15:67","catch_line":"Cooperative state-local program","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.15_67\/"},{"id":75714,"section_number":"62.1-44.16","catch_line":"Industrial wastes","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.16\/"},{"id":78362,"section_number":"62.1-44.17","catch_line":"Other wastes","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.17\/"},{"id":76286,"section_number":"62.1-44.19","catch_line":"Approval of sewerage systems and sewage treatment works","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.19\/"}],"permalink":{"id":269989,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71038,"identifier":"62.1-44.25","token":"62.1\/3.1\/5\/62.1-44.25","url":"\/62.1-44.25\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.25\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/5\/62.1-44.25","dublin_core":{"Title":"Right to hearing","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.25","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any owner<\/span> under Article 2.3 (\u00a7 62.1-44.15:24<\/a> et seq.), Article 2.5 (\u00a7 62.1-44.15:67<\/a> et seq.), or \u00a7 62.1-44.16<\/a>, 62.1-44.17<\/a>, or 62.1-44.19<\/a> aggrieved by any action of the Board<\/span> taken without a formal hearing<\/span>, or by inaction of the Board<\/span>, may demand in writing a formal hearing<\/span> of such owner<\/span>’s grievance, provided a petition<\/span> requesting such hearing<\/span> is filed with the Board<\/span>. In cases involving actions of the Board<\/span>, such petition<\/span> must be filed within 30 days after notice of such action is mailed to such owner<\/span> by certified mail.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRIGHT TO HEARING (\u00a7 62.1-44.25)\n\nAny owner under Article 2.3 (\u00a7 62.1-44.15:24 et seq.), Article 2.5 (\u00a7\n62.1-44.15:67 et seq.), or \u00a7 62.1-44.16, 62.1-44.17, or 62.1-44.19 aggrieved by\nany action of the Board taken without a formal hearing, or by inaction of the\nBoard, may demand in writing a formal hearing of such owner’s grievance,\nprovided a petition requesting such hearing is filed with the Board. In cases\ninvolving actions of the Board, such petition must be filed within 30 days after\nnotice of such action is mailed to such owner by certified mail.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 638; 2016, cc. 68, 758.","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}}