CODE OF VIRGINIA

ISSUANCE OF A CHARGE (§ 36-96.14)

Upon failure to resolve a complaint by conciliation and after consultation with
the Office of the Attorney General, the Board shall issue a charge on behalf of
the aggrieved person or persons and shall immediately refer the charge to the
Attorney General, who shall proceed with the charge as directed by § 36-96.16.
The Board may not issue a charge under this section regarding an alleged
discriminatory housing practice after the beginning of a trial of a civil action
commenced by the aggrieved party under an Act of Congress or a state law seeking
relief with respect to that discriminatory housing practice.

   1.  Such charge:
               
               
            

      a.  Shall consist of a short and plain statement of the facts upon which the
      Board has found reasonable cause to believe that a discriminatory housing
      practice has occurred or is about to occur;

      b.  Shall be based on the final investigative report; and

      c.  Need not be limited to the acts or grounds alleged in the complaint
      filed under § 36-96.9.

   2.  After the Board issues a charge under this section, the Board shall cause
   a copy thereof to be served on each respondent named in such charge and on
   each aggrieved person on whose behalf the complaint was filed.

HISTORY: 1991, c. 557.