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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62092</law_id><section_number>2.2-4023</section_number><catch_line>Final orders</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>32.1-325.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Administration of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="B">Transaction of Public Business</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="40">Administrative Process Act</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="3">Case Decisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The terms of any final <span class="dictionary">agency</span> <span class="dictionary">case decision</span>, as signed by it, shall be served upon the named parties by mail unless service otherwise made is duly acknowledged by them in writing. The signed originals, which may be retained in an electronic medium in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Records may be retained in electronic medium" href="/42.1-86.01/">42.1-86.01</a>, shall remain in the <span class="dictionary">custody</span> of the <span class="dictionary">agency</span> as public records subject to judicial notice by all <span class="dictionary">courts</span> and agencies; and they, or facsimiles thereof, together with the full record or file in every case shall be made available for public inspection or copying except (i) so far as the <span class="dictionary">agency</span> may withhold the same in whole or part for the purpose of protecting individuals mentioned from personal embarrassment, obloquy, or disclosures of a private nature including statements respecting the physical, mental, moral, or financial condition of such individuals or (ii) for trade secrets or, so far as protected by other <span class="dictionary">laws</span>, other commercial or industrial information imparted in confidence. <span class="dictionary">Final orders</span> may be recorded, enforced, and satisfied as orders or <span class="dictionary">decrees</span> of a <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> upon certification of such orders by the <span class="dictionary">agency</span> head or his designee.</p></section></text><history>1975, c. 503, &#xA7; 9-6.14:14; 2001, c. 844; 2009, c. 797; 2022, c. 247.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
