3.2-4739 - License required; application for license and license fee; license renewals; list of dealers. - Virginia Statutes

§ 3.2-4739. License required; application for license and license fee;license renewals; list of dealers.

A. Every dealer shall obtain a license to operate and conduct business.

B. Such persons shall on or before May 1 of each year file a writtenapplication for a license with the Commissioner for the licensing year of May1 to April 30. Each dealer shall pay a license fee of $50 per licensing year.Each license shall expire on April 30 of the licensing year for which thelicense was issued. The license shall be valid through May 31 of the nextlicensing year or until issuance of the renewal license, whichever occursfirst, if the holder shall have filed a renewal application and a new bond ora continuation certificate continuing his current bond with the Commissioneron or before April 30 of the licensing year for which the Commissioner issuedthe license Any dealer proposing to transact business within the Commonwealthwho fails to file such written application for a license and pay thelicensing fee on or before May 1 shall pay a $50 late fee in addition to thelicense fee. Any person who engages in business as a dealer before obtaininga license shall be subject to a $250 penalty, in addition to the license feeand the late fee.

C. The application for a license shall be on a form furnished or approved bythe Commissioner and shall contain the following information along with suchother information as the Commissioner shall require on the form:

1. The name and address of the applicant and that of its local agent, if any,and the location of its principal place of business within the Commonwealth;

2. The kinds of agricultural produce the applicant proposes to handle; and

3. The type of produce business proposed to be conducted.

D. Each licensee shall renew his licenses on or before May 1 of each year forthe licensing year May 1 to April 30. The licensee shall make application tothe Commissioner on a form furnished or approved by the Commissioner and thelicensee is subject to the provisions of subsection B.

E. The Commissioner may publish a list of dealers licensed under this article.

(1968, c. 598, §§ 3.1-722.2, 3.1-722.3; 1994, c. 340, § 3.1-722.6:1; 2008, c.860.)