{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/56-43.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/56-43.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/56-43.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/56-43.html"}],"law_id":370396,"edition_id":2,"section_id":370396,"structure_id":52746,"section_number":"56-43","catch_line":"Examination of public service company; notice; fines and penalties","history":"Code 1919, \u00a7 3721; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 39.","full_text":"Upon the complaint and application of the mayor or council of any city or town or the board of supervisors or other governing body of any county within which any part of any public service company is located, it shall be the duty of the Commission to make an examination of the physical condition and operation thereof. Before proceeding to make such examination in accordance with such application, the Commission shall give to the applicants and the corporation or person operating any such line reasonable notice in writing of the time and place of entering upon the same. If upon such examination it shall appear to the Commission that the complaint alleged by the applicant is well founded, it shall so adjudge and shall notify such corporation or person of its adjudication; and, if such corporation or person fails for sixty days after such notification to remove the cause of complaint, the Commission shall impose the fines and penalties provided by law for its failure to obey the orders and requirements of the Commission and enforce the collection thereof by its judgments and processes.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1381602,"text":"Upon the complaint and application of the mayor or council of any city or town or the board of supervisors or other governing body of any county within which any part of any public service company is located, it shall be the duty of the Commission to make an examination of the physical condition and operation thereof. Before proceeding to make such examination in accordance with such application, the Commission shall give to the applicants and the corporation or person operating any such line reasonable notice in writing of the time and place of entering upon the same. If upon such examination it shall appear to the Commission that the complaint alleged by the applicant is well founded, it shall so adjudge and shall notify such corporation or person of its adjudication; and, if such corporation or person fails for sixty days after such notification to remove the cause of complaint, the Commission shall impose the fines and penalties provided by law for its failure to obey the orders and requirements of the Commission and enforce the collection thereof by its judgments and processes.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":52746,"edition_id":2,"name":"Rates, Records, Reports, Etc","identifier":"5","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":5,"parent_id":52703,"metadata":{"child_laws":10,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 03:03:59","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:35:35","permalink":{"id":1475663,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52746,"identifier":"5","token":"56\/1\/5","url":"\/56\/1\/5\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52703,"edition_id":2,"name":"General Provisions","identifier":"1","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":52702,"metadata":{"child_laws":58,"child_structures":6},"date_created":"2026-08-02 03:03:25","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:35:34","permalink":{"id":1475477,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52703,"identifier":"1","token":"56\/1","url":"\/56\/1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52702,"edition_id":2,"name":"Public Service Companies","identifier":"56","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":121,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":710,"child_structures":93},"date_created":"2026-08-02 03:03:25","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:35:34","permalink":{"id":1475475,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52702,"identifier":"56","token":"56","url":"\/56\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":370327,"structure_id":52746,"section_number":"56-35","catch_line":"Regulation of public service companies","url":"\/56-35\/","token":"56\/1\/5\/56-35","metadata":false},{"id":370336,"structure_id":52746,"section_number":"56-36","catch_line":"Inspection of books and documents; special reports; rules and regulations to prevent unjust discrimination","url":"\/56-36\/","token":"56\/1\/5\/56-36","metadata":false},{"id":370348,"structure_id":52746,"section_number":"56-37","catch_line":"Regulation of services performed under municipal or county franchise","url":"\/56-37\/","token":"56\/1\/5\/56-37","metadata":false},{"id":370351,"structure_id":52746,"section_number":"56-38","catch_line":"Adjustment of claims and controversies","url":"\/56-38\/","token":"56\/1\/5\/56-38","metadata":false},{"id":370354,"structure_id":52746,"section_number":"56-39","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/56-39\/","token":"56\/1\/5\/56-39","metadata":false},{"id":370357,"structure_id":52746,"section_number":"56-40","catch_line":"Reduction of rates and charges","url":"\/56-40\/","token":"56\/1\/5\/56-40","metadata":false},{"id":370371,"structure_id":52746,"section_number":"56-41","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/56-41\/","token":"56\/1\/5\/56-41","metadata":false},{"id":370370,"structure_id":52746,"section_number":"56-41.1","catch_line":"Rates and charges for use of poles by telephone cooperatives, mutual telephone associations and small investor-owned telephone utilities","url":"\/56-41.1\/","token":"56\/1\/5\/56-41.1","metadata":false},{"id":370389,"structure_id":52746,"section_number":"56-42","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/56-42\/","token":"56\/1\/5\/56-42","metadata":false},{"id":370396,"structure_id":52746,"section_number":"56-43","catch_line":"Examination of public service company; notice; fines and penalties","url":"\/56-43\/","token":"56\/1\/5\/56-43","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":370389,"structure_id":52746,"section_number":"56-42","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/56-42\/","token":"56\/1\/5\/56-42","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/56-43\/","history_text":false,"references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1475701,"object_type":"law","relational_id":370396,"identifier":"56-43","token":"56\/1\/5\/56-43","url":"\/56-43\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-43\/","token":"56\/1\/5\/56-43","dublin_core":{"Title":"Examination of public service company; notice; fines and penalties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-43","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon the complaint and application of the mayor or council of any city or town or the board of supervisors or other governing body of any county within which any part of any public service company<\/span> is located, it shall be the duty of the Commission<\/span> to make an examination of the physical condition and operation thereof. Before proceeding to make such examination in accordance with such application, the Commission<\/span> shall give to the applicants and the corporation<\/span> or person<\/span> operating any such line reasonable notice in writing of the time and place of entering upon the same. If upon such examination it shall appear to the Commission<\/span> that the complaint alleged by the applicant is well founded, it shall so adjudge and shall notify such corporation<\/span> or person<\/span> of its adjudication; and, if such corporation<\/span> or person<\/span> fails for sixty days after such notification to remove the cause of complaint, the Commission<\/span> shall impose the fines and penalties provided by law<\/span> for its failure to obey the orders<\/span> and requirements of the Commission<\/span> and enforce the collection thereof by its judgments<\/span> and processes.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXAMINATION OF PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY; NOTICE; FINES AND PENALTIES (\u00a7 56-43)\n\nUpon the complaint and application of the mayor or council of any city or town\nor the board of supervisors or other governing body of any county within which\nany part of any public service company is located, it shall be the duty of the\nCommission to make an examination of the physical condition and operation\nthereof. Before proceeding to make such examination in accordance with such\napplication, the Commission shall give to the applicants and the corporation or\nperson operating any such line reasonable notice in writing of the time and\nplace of entering upon the same. If upon such examination it shall appear to the\nCommission that the complaint alleged by the applicant is well founded, it shall\nso adjudge and shall notify such corporation or person of its adjudication; and,\nif such corporation or person fails for sixty days after such notification to\nremove the cause of complaint, the Commission shall impose the fines and\npenalties provided by law for its failure to obey the orders and requirements of\nthe Commission and enforce the collection thereof by its judgments and\nprocesses.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 3721; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 39.","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"}}