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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>65193</law_id><section_number>59.1-324</section_number><catch_line>Cease and desist orders; temporary order</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>59.1-335</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="25">Virginia Membership Camping Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Registration</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> If it appears to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> that any <span class="dictionary">person</span> has engaged or is engaging in any practice in violation of this chapter, he may <span class="dictionary">issue</span> an <span class="dictionary">order</span> directing the <span class="dictionary">person</span> to cease and desist provided that reasonable notice and an opportunity for a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> shall be given to such <span class="dictionary">person</span>. <a id="paragraph-237121" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-324/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a temporary <span class="dictionary">order</span> pending the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> which is effective on delivery to the <span class="dictionary">person</span> named in the <span class="dictionary">order</span>. The temporary <span class="dictionary">order</span> shall remain in effect until five days after the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> required in subsection A above is held. In the event no <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> is requested by the <span class="dictionary">person</span> named in the <span class="dictionary">order</span>, the <span class="dictionary">order</span> shall become final within fifteen days after it is delivered. <a id="paragraph-237122" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-324/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1985, c. 409.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
