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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 596<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1459819,"object_type":"law","relational_id":365433,"identifier":"46.2-2172","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2172","url":"\/46.2-2172\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2172\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/4\/46.2-2172","dublin_core":{"Title":"Joint tariffs; power of attorney","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2172","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A household goods carrier<\/span> may authorize an agent<\/span> or may join with another carrier or carriers in the publication of a joint tariff, supplement or amendment, and, where such authority is given, shall file with the Department<\/span> prior to publication power of attorney<\/span> or notice of concurrence, which shall specifically set out the authority given. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Where a household goods carrier<\/span> issues<\/span> a power of attorney<\/span> to an agent<\/span> or a concurrence to another carrier for the publication of tariffs, such power of attorney<\/span> or concurrence may not be revoked except upon sixty days’ notice to the Department<\/span> and the agent<\/span> or carrier to which the power of attorney<\/span> or concurrence was issued, except upon special permission of the Department<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJOINT TARIFFS; POWER OF ATTORNEY (\u00a7 46.2-2172)\n\nA. A household goods carrier may authorize an agent or may join with another\ncarrier or carriers in the publication of a joint tariff, supplement or\namendment, and, where such authority is given, shall file with the Department\nprior to publication power of attorney or notice of concurrence, which shall\nspecifically set out the authority given.\n\nB. Where a household goods carrier issues a power of attorney to an agent or a\nconcurrence to another carrier for the publication of tariffs, such power of\nattorney or concurrence may not be revoked except upon sixty days’ notice\nto the Department and the agent or carrier to which the power of attorney or\nconcurrence was issued, except upon special permission of the Department.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 596.","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"}}