{"data":{"id":"us-va/3vac5-10-400","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"3VAC5-10-400","heading":"Discovery, prehearing procedures and production at hearings; definitions","body":"The Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia Parts One, One A, Two, Two A, Three, and Four shall apply in all proceedings under the Wine and Beer Franchise Acts, Chapters 4 (§ 4.1-400 et seq.) and 5 (§ 4.1-500 et seq.) of Title 4.1 of the Code of Virginia, including mediation and arbitration proceedings when necessary pursuant to §§ 4.1-409 and 4.1-508 of the Code of Virginia. Any references to a \"court\" contained in the rules shall be deemed to mean the administrative law judge or officers of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority conducting the proceeding.\n\nNo provision of this section shall affect the practice of taking evidence at a hearing, but such practice, including that of generally taking evidence ore tenus only at hearings before administrative law judges, shall continue unaffected hereby.","path":["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","Part III. Wine and Beer Franchise Acts"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title3/agency5/chapter10/section400/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:45:12Z","sha256":"411c9d149b1392408e7d2b32d71e4c6489b824529e0bd5c8a2e7ab543fa5aa4f","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/3vac5-10-390","next":"us-va/3vac5-10-410"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}