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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71946</law_id><section_number>55.1-1012</section_number><catch_line>Regulations and orders</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="55.1">Property and Conveyances</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Real Estate Settlements and Recordation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="10">Real Estate Settlement Agents</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Except as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Settlement agent registration requirements and compliance with unauthorized practice of law guidelines; civil penalty" href="/55.1-1014/">55.1-1014</a>, the appropriate <span class="dictionary">licensing authority</span> may <span class="dictionary">issue</span> summonses, <span class="dictionary">subpoenas</span>, rules, regulations, and <span class="dictionary">orders</span>, including educational requirements, consistent with and necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.</p></section></text><history>1997, c. 716, &#xA7; 6.1-2.25; 2004, cc. 336, 597; 2010, c. 794, &#xA7; 55-525.28; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
