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Whenever after hearing, upon complaint or in an investigation on its own initiative, the Commission shall be of the opinion that any individual or joint rate, fare, or charge, demanded, charged, or collected by any common carrier or restricted common carrier by aircraft or by any common or restricted common carrier by aircraft in conjunction with any common carrier by railroad, motor vehicle, express and\/or water, or any classification, rule, regulation or practice whatsoever of such carrier affecting such rate, fare, or charge or the value of the service thereunder, is or will be unjust or unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential or unduly prejudicial, it shall determine and prescribe the lawful rate, fare, or charge or the maximum or minimum rate, fare, or charge thereafter to be observed, or the lawful classification, rule, regulation, or practice thereafter to be made effective.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1364778,"text":"Any person, state board, organization, or body politic may make complaint in writing to the Commission that any rate, fare, charge, classification, rule, regulation, or practice of any common carrier or restricted common carrier by aircraft, in effect or proposed to be put into effect, is or will be in violation of \u00a7\u00a7 5.1-121 to 5.1-124, or \u00a7 5.1-133. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1970, chapter 708.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":366521,"section_number":"5.1-121","catch_line":"Duties of carriers of passengers as to through routes, equipment, rates, regulations, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/5.1-121\/"},{"id":366524,"section_number":"5.1-124","catch_line":"Undue preference not permitted","order_by":null,"url":"\/5.1-124\/"},{"id":366534,"section_number":"5.1-133","catch_line":"Unlawful to charge other than published tariff","order_by":null,"url":"\/5.1-133\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1461121,"object_type":"law","relational_id":366525,"identifier":"5.1-125","token":"5.1\/9\/8\/5.1-125","url":"\/5.1-125\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/5.1-125\/","token":"5.1\/9\/8\/5.1-125","dublin_core":{"Title":"Complaints; action of Commission thereon or on own initiative","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 5.1-125","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person<\/span>, state board<\/span>, organization, or body politic may make complaint in writing to the Commission<\/span> that any rate, fare, charge, classification, rule, regulation, or practice of any common carrier or restricted common carrier by aircraft<\/span>, in effect or proposed to be put into effect, is or will be in violation of \u00a7\u00a7 5.1-121<\/a> to 5.1-124<\/a>, or \u00a7 5.1-133<\/a>. Whenever after hearing<\/span>, upon complaint or in an investigation on its own initiative, the Commission<\/span> shall be of the opinion<\/span> that any individual or joint rate, fare, or charge, demanded, charged, or collected by any common carrier or restricted common carrier by aircraft<\/span> or by any common or restricted common carrier by aircraft<\/span> in conjunction with any common carrier by railroad, motor vehicle, express and\/or water, or any classification, rule, regulation or practice whatsoever of such carrier affecting such rate, fare, or charge or the value of the service thereunder, is or will be unjust or unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential or unduly prejudicial, it shall determine and prescribe the lawful rate, fare, or charge or the maximum or minimum rate, fare, or charge thereafter to be observed, or the lawful classification, rule, regulation, or practice thereafter to be made effective.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPLAINTS; ACTION OF COMMISSION THEREON OR ON OWN INITIATIVE (\u00a7 5.1-125)\n\nAny person, state board, organization, or body politic may make complaint in\nwriting to the Commission that any rate, fare, charge, classification, rule,\nregulation, or practice of any common carrier or restricted common carrier by\naircraft, in effect or proposed to be put into effect, is or will be in\nviolation of \u00a7\u00a7 5.1-121 to 5.1-124, or \u00a7 5.1-133. Whenever after hearing,\nupon complaint or in an investigation on its own initiative, the Commission\nshall be of the opinion that any individual or joint rate, fare, or charge,\ndemanded, charged, or collected by any common carrier or restricted common\ncarrier by aircraft or by any common or restricted common carrier by aircraft in\nconjunction with any common carrier by railroad, motor vehicle, express and\/or\nwater, or any classification, rule, regulation or practice whatsoever of such\ncarrier affecting such rate, fare, or charge or the value of the service\nthereunder, is or will be unjust or unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory or\nunduly preferential or unduly prejudicial, it shall determine and prescribe the\nlawful rate, fare, or charge or the maximum or minimum rate, fare, or charge\nthereafter to be observed, or the lawful classification, rule, regulation, or\npractice thereafter to be made effective.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 56-180; 1970, c. 708; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 1.","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"}}