Procedure Before the Commission and Appeals

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This is Chapter 5 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Procedure Before the Commission and Appeals.” It is part of Title 12.1 “State Corporation Commission”. It contains 20 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 20 sections.

§ 12.1-25	Rules of practice and procedure
§ 12.1-26	Public sessions
§ 12.1-27	Commonwealth to be complainant, etc.; parties entitled to process
§ 12.1-28	Notice and hearing
§ 12.1-29	Writs and process
§ 12.1-30	Rules of evidence to be as in courts of record
§ 12.1-30.1	Meetings and communications between commissioners and parties or staff
§ 12.1-31	Hearing examiners; powers and duties; reports to be furnished to parties; responses by parties
§ 12.1-32	Costs, fees, and expenses
§ 12.1-33	Fine for disobedience of Commission orders
§ 12.1-34	Punishment for contempt
§ 12.1-35	Judgments to be in favor of Commonwealth
§ 12.1-36	Time judgment takes effect; interest
§ 12.1-37	Lien of judgment; docketing
§ 12.1-38	Concurrent jurisdiction of Commission and courts
§ 12.1-39	Appeals generally
§ 12.1-40	Method of taking and prosecuting appeals
§ 12.1-41	Petitions for writs of supersedeas
§ 12.1-42	Repealed
§ 12.1-43	Tax assessments, registration fee assessments, report forms, and correspondence mailed by Commission deemed delivered