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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81815</law_id><section_number>65.2-711</section_number><catch_line>Reporting of address change by employee; suspension of payment of benefits</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="65.2">Workers' Compensation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7">Procedure in Connection With Awards</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>So long as an employee is entitled to payment of compensation under this title, such employee shall have a duty to disclose to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> his current residential address and to report any changes of address as they may occur. The failure to disclose or report such address or changes of address without reasonable justification may result in the suspension of compensation payments until the employee complies with this duty. When the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> is properly notified of the change in the employee&#x2019;s address, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall notify the <span class="dictionary">employer</span> when the <span class="dictionary">employer</span> is self-insured, or the <span class="dictionary">employer</span>&#x2019;s insurer in all other cases.</p></section></text><history>1983, c. 416, &#xA7; 65.1-100.2; 1991, c. 355; 1996, c. 178.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
