36-96.11 - Reasonable cause determination and effect. - Virginia Statutes

§ 36-96.11. Reasonable cause determination and effect.

The Board shall, within 100 days after the filing of a complaint, determine,based on the facts and after consultation with the Office of the AttorneyGeneral, whether reasonable cause exists to believe that a discriminatoryhousing practice has occurred or is about to occur, unless it isimpracticable to do so or unless the Board has approved a conciliationagreement with respect to the complaint. If the Board is unable to determinewhether reasonable cause exists to believe that a discriminatory housingpractice has occurred or is about to occur within 100 days after receipt ofthe complaint, the aggrieved person and the respondent shall be notified inwriting of the reasons therefor.

(1991, c. 557; 1998, c. 634.)