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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 3. Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control
Agency 5. Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority
Chapter 10. Procedural Rules for the Conduct of Hearings before the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority and Its Administrative Law Judges
2/8/2025

3VAC5-10-240. Appeals.

A. An interested party may appeal to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (authority) an adverse initial decision, including the findings of fact and the conclusions, of an administrative law judge or a proposed decision, or any portion of a proposed decision, of the authority, provided a request in writing identifying any alleged errors in the decision is received within 30 days after the date of mailing of the initial decision or the proposed decision, whichever is later.

B. An interested party may submit written exceptions to the initial or proposed decision within the 30-day period and waive further hearing proceedings.

C. If an interested party fails to appear at a hearing, the authority may proceed in the interested party's absence and render a decision.

Statutory Authority

§§ 4.1-103 and 4.1-111 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR125-01-1 § 2.1, eff. December 12, 1985; amended, Virginia Register Volume 4, Issue 6, eff. January 21, 1988; Volume 5, Issue 2, eff. November 24, 1988; Volume 6, Issue 2, eff. November 23, 1989; Volume 8, Issue 6, eff. January 15, 1992; Volume 10, Issue 11, eff. March 23, 1994; Volume 17, Issue 9, eff. February 28, 2001; Volume 34, Issue 24, eff. September 10, 2018; Volume 41, Issue 10, eff. January 29, 2025.

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