CHAPTER 225

An Act to amend and reenact § 54-763 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to hearings on licenses by the Real Estate Commission, so as to pro-

vide when such hearings shall be held. a 3A

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Approved March 31, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia
- 7 That § 54-768 of the Code of Virginia be amended nd reenacted as

ollows:

§ 54-768. The Commission shall, before denying an application for
license, or before suspending or revoking any license, set the matter down
for a hearing and at least ten days prior to the date set for the hearing,
it shall notify in writing the applicant, or licensee, of any charges made,
and shall afford the applicant or licensee an opportunity to be heard in
person or by counsel in reference thereto. Such written notice may be
served by delivery of same personally to the applicant or licensee, or by
mailing same by registered mail to the last known business address of
such applicant or licensee. If such applicant or licensee be a salesman, the
Commission shall also notify the broker employing him, or in whose employ
he is about to enter, by mailing the notice by registered mail to the broker’s
last known business address. The hearing shall be held within the *
Congressional District in which the respondent has his place of business
in Virginia at such place therein and at such time as the Commission
prescribes.

The Commission shall have the power to subpoena and bring before
it any person in this State, or take testimony of any such person by
deposition with the same fees and mileage in the same manner as pre-
scribed by law in judicial procedure in courts of this State in civil cases.
Any party to any hearing before the Commission shall have the right to
the attendance of witnesses in his behalf at such hearing, upon making
request therefor to the Commission and designating the person or per-
sons sought to be subpoenaed.

If the Commission shall determine that any applicant is not qualified
to receive a license, a license shall not be granted to such applicant, and
if the Commission shall determine that any licensee is guilty of a viola-
tion of any of the provisions of this chapter, his or its license shall be
suspended or revoked.