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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61189</law_id><section_number>38.2-2026</section_number><catch_line>Action of Commission upon request for hearing on order or decision made without a hearing</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="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="20">Regulation of Rates for Certain Types of Insurance</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="4">Hearings, Offenses and Penalties</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> aggrieved by an <span class="dictionary">order</span> or a decision of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> made under this chapter without a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> may, within thirty days after notice of the <span class="dictionary">order</span> or decision, make a written request to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> for a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> on the <span class="dictionary">order</span> or decision. Within a reasonable time after the request the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, after having given at least ten days&#x2019; written notice of the time and place of <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, shall hear the <span class="dictionary">person</span> aggrieved by the <span class="dictionary">order</span> or decision. Within a reasonable time after the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall <span class="dictionary">affirm</span>, <span class="dictionary">reverse</span> or modify its previous action, specifying its reasons for the affirmation, reversal or modification. <a id="paragraph-223623" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2026/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Pending the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> and decision on its previous action, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may suspend or postpone the effective date of the <span class="dictionary">order</span> or decision to which the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> relates. <a id="paragraph-223624" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2026/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 38-218.11, 38-253, 38-253.49; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7; 38.1-276; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
