                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INVESTIGATIONS (§ 15.2-854)

Whenever the commission on human rights has a reasonable cause to believe that
any person has engaged in, or is engaging in, any violation of a county
ordinance that prohibits discrimination due to race, color, religion, sex,
pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, national origin, military
status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability,
and, after making a good faith effort to obtain the data, information, and
attendance of witnesses necessary to determine whether such violation has
occurred, is unable to obtain such data, information, or attendance, it may
request the county attorney to petition the judge of the general district court
for its jurisdiction for a subpoena against any such person refusing to produce
such data and information or refusing to appear as a witness, and the judge of
such court may, upon good cause shown, cause the subpoena to be issued. Any
witness subpoena issued under this section shall include a statement that any
statements made will be under oath and that the respondent or other witness is
entitled to be represented by an attorney. Any person failing to comply with a
subpoena issued under this section shall be subject to punishment for contempt
by the court issuing the subpoena. Any person so subpoenaed may apply to the
judge who issued a subpoena to quash it.

HISTORY: 1986, c. 495, § 15.1-783.2; 1994, c. 873; 1997, cc. 404, 587; 2020,
cc. 1137, 1140; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 477, 478.