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If the Board is unable to complete the investigation within 100 days after the receipt of the complaint, the aggrieved person and the respondent shall be notified in writing of the reasons for not doing so.\n\nB\n\nWhen conducting an investigation of a complaint filed under this chapter, the Board shall have the right to interview any person who may have any information which may further its investigation and to request production of any records or documents for inspection and copying in the possession of any person which may further the investigation. Such persons shall be interviewed under oath. The Board or its designated subordinates shall have the power to issue and serve a subpoena to any such person to appear and testify and to produce any such records or documents for inspection and copying. Said subpoenas and discovery may be ordered to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as would apply if the subpoenas or discovery were ordered or served as part of a civil action in the Commonwealth of Virginia. In case of refusal or neglect to obey a subpoena, the Board may petition for its enforcement in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond. The hearing on such petition shall be given priority on the court docket over all cases which are not otherwise given priority on the court docket by law.\n\nC\n\nAt the end of each investigation under this section, the Board shall prepare a final investigative report containing:\n\n1\n\nThe names and dates of contacts with witnesses;\n\n2\n\nA summary and the dates of correspondence and other contacts with the aggrieved person and the respondent;\n\n3\n\nA summary description of other pertinent records;\n\n4\n\nA summary of witness statements; and\n\n5\n\nAnswers to interrogatories.\n\t\t\t\tA final report under this subsection may be amended if additional evidence is later discovered.\n\nD\n\nThe Board shall make available to the aggrieved person and the respondent, at any time, upon request following completion of the Board&#8217;s investigation, information derived from an investigation and any final investigative report relating to that investigation.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1342724,"text":"The Board shall commence proceedings with respect to a complaint within thirty days after receipt of the complaint, and shall complete the investigation within 100 days thereof unless it is impracticable to do so. If the Board is unable to complete the investigation within 100 days after the receipt of the complaint, the aggrieved person and the respondent shall be notified in writing of the reasons for not doing so.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":1342725,"text":"When conducting an investigation of a complaint filed under this chapter, the Board shall have the right to interview any person who may have any information which may further its investigation and to request production of any records or documents for inspection and copying in the possession of any person which may further the investigation. Such persons shall be interviewed under oath. The Board or its designated subordinates shall have the power to issue and serve a subpoena to any such person to appear and testify and to produce any such records or documents for inspection and copying. Said subpoenas and discovery may be ordered to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as would apply if the subpoenas or discovery were ordered or served as part of a civil action in the Commonwealth of Virginia. In case of refusal or neglect to obey a subpoena, the Board may petition for its enforcement in the Circuit Court for the City of Richmond. The hearing on such petition shall be given priority on the court docket over all cases which are not otherwise given priority on the court docket by law.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":1342726,"text":"At the end of each investigation under this section, the Board shall prepare a final investigative report containing:","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"C1"},"3":{"id":1342727,"text":"The names and dates of contacts with witnesses;","type":"section","prefixes":["C","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"C1","prefix_anchor":"C1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"C2"},"4":{"id":1342728,"text":"A summary and the dates of correspondence and other contacts with the aggrieved person and the respondent;","type":"section","prefixes":["C","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"C2","prefix_anchor":"C2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"C1","next_prefix":"C3"},"5":{"id":1342729,"text":"A summary description of other pertinent records;","type":"section","prefixes":["C","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"C3","prefix_anchor":"C3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"C2","next_prefix":"C4"},"6":{"id":1342730,"text":"A summary of witness statements; and","type":"section","prefixes":["C","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"C4","prefix_anchor":"C4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"C3","next_prefix":"C5"},"7":{"id":1342731,"text":"Answers to interrogatories.\n\t\t\t\tA final report under this subsection may be amended if additional evidence is later discovered.","type":"section","prefixes":["C","5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"C5","prefix_anchor":"C5","level":2,"prior_prefix":"C4","next_prefix":"D"},"8":{"id":1342732,"text":"The Board shall make available to the aggrieved person and the respondent, at any time, upon request following completion of the Board&#8217;s investigation, information derived from an investigation and any final investigative report relating to that investigation.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C5"}},"ancestry":[{"id":51607,"edition_id":2,"name":"Virginia Fair Housing Law","identifier":"5.1","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":5,"parent_id":51572,"metadata":{"child_laws":26,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:44:51","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:32:43","permalink":{"id":1436183,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":51607,"identifier":"5.1","token":"36\/5.1","url":"\/36\/5.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":51572,"edition_id":2,"name":"Housing","identifier":"36","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":83,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":336,"child_structures":35},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:44:20","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:32:40","permalink":{"id":1435259,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":51572,"identifier":"36","token":"36","url":"\/36\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":360840,"structure_id":51607,"section_number":"36-96.1","catch_line":"Declaration of policy","url":"\/36-96.1\/","token":"36\/5.1\/36-96.1","metadata":false},{"id":360841,"structure_id":51607,"section_number":"36-96.10","catch_line":"Procedures for investigation","url":"\/36-96.10\/","token":"36\/5.1\/36-96.10","metadata":{"court_decisions":""}},{"id":360842,"structure_id":51607,"section_number":"36-96.11","catch_line":"Reasonable cause determination and effect","url":"\/36-96.11\/","token":"36\/5.1\/36-96.11","metadata":{"court_decisions":""}},{"id":360843,"structure_id":51607,"section_number":"36-96.12","catch_line":"No reasonable cause determination and effect","url":"\/36-96.12\/","token":"36\/5.1\/36-96.12","metadata":false},{"id":360844,"structure_id":51607,"section_number":"36-96.13","catch_line":"Conciliation","url":"\/36-96.13\/","token":"36\/5.1\/36-96.13","metadata":false},{"id":360845,"structure_id":51607,"section_number":"36-96.14","catch_line":"Issuance of a charge","url":"\/36-96.14\/","token":"36\/5.1\/36-96.14","metadata":false},{"id":360846,"structure_id":51607,"section_number":"36-96.15","catch_line":"Prompt judicial action","url":"\/36-96.15\/","token":"36\/5.1\/36-96.15","metadata":{"court_decisions":""}},{"id":360847,"structure_id":51607,"section_number":"36-96.16","catch_line":"Civil action by Attorney General upon referral of charge by the Real Estate Board","url":"\/36-96.16\/","token":"36\/5.1\/36-96.16","metadata":{"court_decisions":{"0":{"name":"Fishel v. Windsor Plaza Condo. Ass'n","case_number":"131817","citation":null,"date":"2014-12-31","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/2765875\/fishel-v-windsor-plaza-condo-assn\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. PRESENT:   All the Justices .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"<abbr title=\"Supreme Court of Virginia\">SCV<\/abbr>"},"1":{"name":"REVI, LLC v. Chicago Title Insurance Co.","case_number":"Record 141562.","citation":"776 S.E.2d 808","date":"2015-09-17","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/2959680\/revi-llc-v-chicago-title-insurance-co\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. Justice KELSEY, dissenting. .\u202f.\u202f. 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The City of Waynesboro, Virginia","case_number":"1310253","citation":null,"date":"2026-03-17","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/10809718\/michael-w-martin-v-the-city-of-waynesboro-virginia\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"<abbr title=\"Court of Appeals\">COA<\/abbr>"},"2":{"name":"REVI, LLC v. Chicago Title Insurance Co.","case_number":"Record 141562.","citation":"776 S.E.2d 808","date":"2015-09-17","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/2959680\/revi-llc-v-chicago-title-insurance-co\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. Justice KELSEY, dissenting. .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"<abbr title=\"Supreme Court of Virginia\">SCV<\/abbr>"},"3":{"name":"Matarese v. ARCHSTONE PENTAGON CITY","case_number":"1:09-mj-00857","citation":"795 F. 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Virginia"}}}},{"id":360849,"structure_id":51607,"section_number":"36-96.18","catch_line":"Civil action; enforcement by private parties","url":"\/36-96.18\/","token":"36\/5.1\/36-96.18","metadata":false},{"id":360850,"structure_id":51607,"section_number":"36-96.19","catch_line":"Witness fees","url":"\/36-96.19\/","token":"36\/5.1\/36-96.19","metadata":false},{"id":360851,"structure_id":51607,"section_number":"36-96.1:1","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/36-96.1_1\/","token":"36\/5.1\/36-96.1_1","metadata":false},{"id":360852,"structure_id":51607,"section_number":"36-96.2","catch_line":"Exemptions","url":"\/36-96.2\/","token":"36\/5.1\/36-96.2","metadata":false},{"id":360853,"structure_id":51607,"section_number":"36-96.20","catch_line":"Additional powers of the Real Estate Board; action on real estate licenses","url":"\/36-96.20\/","token":"36\/5.1\/36-96.20","metadata":false},{"id":360854,"structure_id":51607,"section_number":"36-96.21","catch_line":"Powers of counties, cities and towns","url":"\/36-96.21\/","token":"36\/5.1\/36-96.21","metadata":false},{"id":360855,"structure_id":51607,"section_number":"36-96.22","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/36-96.22\/","token":"36\/5.1\/36-96.22","metadata":{"court_decisions":""}},{"id":360856,"structure_id":51607,"section_number":"36-96.23","catch_line":"Construction of law","url":"\/36-96.23\/","token":"36\/5.1\/36-96.23","metadata":{"court_decisions":{"0":{"name":" .\u202f.\u202f. Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Housing Opportunities Made .\u202f.\u202f. ","case_number":"Record No. 990733","citation":"259 Va. 8","date":"2000-01-14","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/6931119\/nationwide-mutual-insurance-v-housing-opportunities-made-equal-inc\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. CHIEF JUSTICE CARRICO .\u202f.\u202f. 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","court_html":"District Court, E.D. Virginia"},"3":{"name":"People Helpers, Inc. v. City of Richmond","case_number":"91-682","citation":"789 F. Supp. 725","date":"1992-04-13","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/1641327\/people-helpers-inc-v-city-of-richmond\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. 789 F.Supp. 725 (1992) .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"District Court, E.D. Virginia"},"4":{"name":" .\u202f.\u202f. Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Housing Opportunities Made .\u202f.\u202f. ","case_number":"Record No. 990733","citation":"259 Va. 8","date":"2000-01-14","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/6931119\/nationwide-mutual-insurance-v-housing-opportunities-made-equal-inc\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. JUSTICE HASSELL, .\u202f.\u202f. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 566 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1991, chapter 557; in 1998, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0634\">634<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1436189,"object_type":"law","relational_id":360841,"identifier":"36-96.10","token":"36\/5.1\/36-96.10","url":"\/36-96.10\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-96.10\/","token":"36\/5.1\/36-96.10","dublin_core":{"Title":"Procedures for investigation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-96.10","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The Board shall commence proceedings with respect to a complaint within thirty days after receipt of the complaint, and shall complete the investigation within 100 days thereof unless it is impracticable to do so. If the Board is unable to complete the investigation within 100 days after the receipt of the complaint, the <span class=\"dictionary\">aggrieved person<\/span> and the <span class=\"dictionary\">respondent<\/span> shall be notified in writing of the reasons for not doing so. <a id=\"paragraph-1342724\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/36-96.10\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> When conducting an investigation of a complaint filed under this chapter, the Board shall have the right to interview any person who may have any information which may further its investigation and to request production of any records or documents for inspection and copying in the <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span> of any person which may further the investigation. Such <span class=\"dictionary\">persons<\/span> shall be interviewed under <span class=\"dictionary\">oath<\/span>. The Board or its designated subordinates shall have the power to <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> and serve a <span class=\"dictionary\">subpoena<\/span> to any such person to appear and testify and to produce any such records or documents for inspection and copying. Said <span class=\"dictionary\">subpoenas<\/span> and <span class=\"dictionary\">discovery<\/span> may be ordered to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as would apply if the <span class=\"dictionary\">subpoenas<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">discovery<\/span> were ordered or served as part of a <span class=\"dictionary\">civil action<\/span> in the Commonwealth of Virginia. In case of refusal or neglect to obey a <span class=\"dictionary\">subpoena<\/span>, the Board may <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> for its enforcement in the <span class=\"dictionary\">Circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Court<\/span> for the City of Richmond. The <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> on such <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> shall be given priority on the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">docket<\/span> over all cases which are not otherwise given priority on the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">docket<\/span> by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1342725\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/36-96.10\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> At the end of each investigation under this section, the Board shall prepare a final investigative report containing: <a id=\"paragraph-1342726\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/36-96.10\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The names and dates of contacts with witnesses; <a id=\"paragraph-1342727\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/36-96.10\/#C1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> A summary and the dates of correspondence and other contacts with the <span class=\"dictionary\">aggrieved person<\/span> and the <span class=\"dictionary\">respondent<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-1342728\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/36-96.10\/#C2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> A summary description of other pertinent records; <a id=\"paragraph-1342729\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/36-96.10\/#C3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C4\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> A summary of <span class=\"dictionary\">witness<\/span> statements; and <a id=\"paragraph-1342730\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/36-96.10\/#C4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C5\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> Answers to <span class=\"dictionary\">interrogatories<\/span>.\n\t\t\t\tA final report under this subsection may be amended if additional <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> is later discovered. <a id=\"paragraph-1342731\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/36-96.10\/#C5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> The Board shall make available to the <span class=\"dictionary\">aggrieved person<\/span> and the <span class=\"dictionary\">respondent<\/span>, at any time, upon request following completion of the Board&#8217;s investigation, information derived from an investigation and any final investigative report relating to that investigation. <a id=\"paragraph-1342732\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/36-96.10\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROCEDURES FOR INVESTIGATION (\u00a7 36-96.10)\n\nA. The Board shall commence proceedings with respect to a complaint within\nthirty days after receipt of the complaint, and shall complete the investigation\nwithin 100 days thereof unless it is impracticable to do so. If the Board is\nunable to complete the investigation within 100 days after the receipt of the\ncomplaint, the aggrieved person and the respondent shall be notified in writing\nof the reasons for not doing so.\n\nB. When conducting an investigation of a complaint filed under this chapter, the\nBoard shall have the right to interview any person who may have any information\nwhich may further its investigation and to request production of any records or\ndocuments for inspection and copying in the possession of any person which may\nfurther the investigation. Such persons shall be interviewed under oath. The\nBoard or its designated subordinates shall have the power to issue and serve a\nsubpoena to any such person to appear and testify and to produce any such\nrecords or documents for inspection and copying. Said subpoenas and discovery\nmay be ordered to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as would\napply if the subpoenas or discovery were ordered or served as part of a civil\naction in the Commonwealth of Virginia. In case of refusal or neglect to obey a\nsubpoena, the Board may petition for its enforcement in the Circuit Court for\nthe City of Richmond. The hearing on such petition shall be given priority on\nthe court docket over all cases which are not otherwise given priority on the\ncourt docket by law.\n\nC. At the end of each investigation under this section, the Board shall prepare\na final investigative report containing:\n\n   1. The names and dates of contacts with witnesses;\n\n   2. A summary and the dates of correspondence and other contacts with the\n   aggrieved person and the respondent;\n\n   3. A summary description of other pertinent records;\n\n   4. A summary of witness statements; and\n\n   5. Answers to interrogatories.\n   \t\t\t\tA final report under this subsection may be amended if additional evidence\n   is later discovered.\n\nD. The Board shall make available to the aggrieved person and the respondent, at\nany time, upon request following completion of the Board&#8217;s investigation,\ninformation derived from an investigation and any final investigative report\nrelating to that investigation.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 566, \u00a7 36-94.1; 1991, c. 557; 1998, c. 634.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}