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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>346264</law_id><section_number>12.1-28</section_number><catch_line>Notice and hearing</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-221</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="42" identifier="12.1">State Corporation Commission</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="5">Procedure Before the Commission and Appeals</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Before promulgating any general <span class="dictionary">order</span>, rule, or regulation, the Commission shall give reasonable notice of its contents and shall afford interested persons having objections thereto an opportunity to present <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> and be heard. Every such <span class="dictionary">order</span> and notice of every such rule or regulation finally adopted by the Commission shall be published in the next annual report of the Commission, and a copy of the <span class="dictionary">order</span>, rule or regulation shall be delivered by the Commission to every person affected by it who requests a copy and copies shall be available to the public by application therefor to the Commission. This section shall control in the event it is deemed inconsistent with other provisions of <span class="dictionary">law</span>.</p><p>Before the Commission shall enter any <span class="dictionary">finding</span>, <span class="dictionary">order</span>, or <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> against any person, it shall afford such person reasonable notice of the time and place at which he shall be afforded an opportunity to introduce <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> and be heard.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 12-54; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 157; 1994, c. 15.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>VYVX of Virginia, Inc. v. Cassell</name><case_number>Record 990285</case_number><citation>258 Va. 276</citation><date>1999-09-17</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1059716/vyvx-of-virginia-inc-v-cassell/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. JUSTICE HASSELL .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name>Rates v. Electric</name><case_number>Record No. 911318; Record No. 911319; Record No. 911320</case_number><citation>243 Va. 320</citation><date>1992-02-28</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6930028/rates-v-electric/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. JUSTICE HASSELL .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="2"><name>Blinder, Robinson &amp; Co. v. State Corp. Commission</name><case_number>Records Nos. 831429, 831430, 831431, 831432 and 831433</case_number><citation>227 Va. 24</citation><date>1984-03-09</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6928045/blinder-robinson-co-v-state-corp-commission/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. CARRICO, C.J., .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="3"><name>Virginia Electric &amp; Power Co. v. State Corp. Commission</name><case_number>Record 831040</case_number><citation>312 S.E.2d 25</citation><date>1984-01-20</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1255730/virginia-electric-power-co-v-state-corp-commission/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 312 S.E.2d 25 (1984) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="4"><name>Second National Bank of Culpeper v. New Bank of Culpeper</name><case_number>Record 730989</case_number><citation>210 S.E.2d 136</citation><date>1974-08-28</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1335743/second-national-bank-of-culpeper-v-new-bank-of-culpeper/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 210 S.E.2d 136 (1974) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="5"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. American Bankers Life Assurance Co. of Florida v. Division .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>Records Nos. 791180, 791189, 791193, 791198 and 791200 to 791204</case_number><citation>263 S.E.2d 867</citation><date>1980-02-29</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1323328/american-bankers-life-assurance-co-of-florida-v-division-of-consumer/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 263 S.E.2d 867 (1980) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="6"><name>National Home Insurance v. State Corp. Commission</name><case_number>Civ. A. No. 93-1006-A</case_number><citation>838 F. Supp. 1104</citation><date>1993-12-03</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8721694/national-home-insurance-v-state-corp-commission/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. MEMORANDUM OPINION .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="7"><name>Roanoke Gas Co. v. State Corp. Commission</name><case_number>Record No. 820485</case_number><citation>225 Va. 186</citation><date>1983-03-11</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6927757/roanoke-gas-co-v-state-corp-commission/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. STEPHENSON, J., .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="8"><name>Beneficial Finance Co. v. State Corp. Commission</name><case_number>Record No. 850512</case_number><citation>230 Va. 529</citation><date>1986-01-17</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6928573/beneficial-finance-co-v-state-corp-commission/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. THOMAS, J., .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
