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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 860<\/a> and 861<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":182839,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87303,"identifier":"22.1-289.053","token":"22.1\/14.1\/8\/22.1-289.053","url":"\/22.1-289.053\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-289.053\/","token":"22.1\/14.1\/8\/22.1-289.053","dublin_core":{"Title":"Delay in acting on application or in notification","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-289.053","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In case the Superintendent<\/span> fails to take final action upon an application for a license within 60 days after the application is made, either by way of issuance or refusal, or fails within such time to notify the applicant thereof, it shall be lawful for the applicant to engage in the operations or activities for which the license is desired, until the Superintendent<\/span> has taken final action and notified the applicant thereof; however, no application shall be deemed made until all the required information is submitted in the form prescribed by the Superintendent<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDELAY IN ACTING ON APPLICATION OR IN NOTIFICATION (\u00a7 22.1-289.053)\n\nIn case the Superintendent fails to take final action upon an application for a\nlicense within 60 days after the application is made, either by way of issuance\nor refusal, or fails within such time to notify the applicant thereof, it shall\nbe lawful for the applicant to engage in the operations or activities for which\nthe license is desired, until the Superintendent has taken final action and\nnotified the applicant thereof; however, no application shall be deemed made\nuntil all the required information is submitted in the form prescribed by the\nSuperintendent.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 860, 861.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}