Any person aggrieved by any action or decision of an inspection service, the residual market facility, or the joint underwriting association may appeal to the Commission within thirty days from the action or the decision. The Commission shall provide the aggrieved person and the inspection service, the residual market facility, or the joint underwriting association an opportunity to be heard on not less than ten days’ written notice. The Commission shall then issue an order (i) approving the action or decision, (ii) disapproving the action or decision, or (iii) directing the inspection service, the residual market facility or the joint underwriting association to reinspect the property, or place the application or cause it to be placed pursuant to its plan of operation, whichever is appropriate.

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Terms Used In Virginia Code 38.2-2712

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Commission: means the State Corporation Commission. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • Inspection service: means any organization designated or approved by the Commission to determine the insurability and conditions of the properties for which basic property insurance is sought. See Virginia Code 38.2-2701
  • Person: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds type of organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
  • Residual market facility: means any organization approved by the Commission to equitably distribute the responsibility to provide basic property insurance on qualified property among insurers licensed to write basic property insurance or other insurance containing a basic property insurance component. See Virginia Code 38.2-2701

1968, c. 559, § 38.1-754; 1986, c. 562.