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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>87140</law_id><section_number>36-96.13</section_number><catch_line>Conciliation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="36">Housing</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="5.1">Virginia Fair Housing Law</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>During the period beginning with the filing of such complaint and ending with the filing of a charge or a <span class="dictionary">dismissal</span> by the Board, the Board shall, to the extent feasible, engage in <span class="dictionary">conciliation</span> with respect to such complaint.</p></section>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">conciliation agreement</span> arising out of such conciliation shall be an agreement between the <span class="dictionary">respondent</span> and the <span class="dictionary">complainant</span>, and shall be subject to approval by the Board. <a id="paragraph-312036" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/36-96.13/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">conciliation agreement</span> may provide for binding arbitration of the dispute arising from the complaint. Any such arbitration that results from a <span class="dictionary">conciliation agreement</span> may award appropriate relief, including monetary relief. <a id="paragraph-312037" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/36-96.13/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">conciliation agreement</span> shall be made public unless the <span class="dictionary">complainant</span> and <span class="dictionary">respondent</span> otherwise agree and the Board determines that disclosure is not required to further the purposes of this chapter. <a id="paragraph-312038" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/36-96.13/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Whenever the Board has reasonable cause to believe that a <span class="dictionary">respondent</span> has breached a <span class="dictionary">conciliation agreement</span>, the Board may refer the matter to the <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span> with a recommendation that a <span class="dictionary">civil action</span> be filed under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Civil action by Attorney General; matters involving the legality of any local zoning or other land use ordinance; pattern or practice cases; or referral of conciliation agreement for enforcement" href="/36-96.17/">36-96.17</a> for the enforcement of such agreement. <a id="paragraph-312039" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/36-96.13/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 557; 1992, c. 322.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
