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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 592 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. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":63711,"section_number":"29.1-819","catch_line":"Grounds for denying, suspending or revoking licenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-819\/"}],"permalink":{"id":193851,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68607,"identifier":"29.1-809","token":"29.1\/8\/2\/29.1-809","url":"\/29.1-809\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-809\/","token":"29.1\/8\/2\/29.1-809","dublin_core":{"Title":"Application for license","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-809","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Application for license shall be made to the Director<\/span> at such time and in such form and shall contain such information as the Director<\/span> shall require. The application shall be accompanied by the required fee. The application shall be accompanied by evidence<\/span>, that the Director<\/span> deems proper, showing that the applicant currently holds a valid watercraft<\/span> titling tax collection certificate, a federal business identification number, a local business license and a dealer certificate of numbers issued by the Department<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Director<\/span> shall require in such application, or otherwise, information relating to the matters set forth in § 29.1-819<\/a> as grounds for the refusing of licenses and to other pertinent matters requisite for the safeguarding of the public interest in the locality in which the applicant proposes to engage in business. If the applicant is a dealer in new watercraft<\/span> with factory warranties, he shall also include with his application a copy of a current service agreement with the manufacturer<\/span> or with the distributor<\/span>, requiring the applicant to perform within a reasonable distance of his established place of business<\/span>, the service, repair and replacement work required of the manufacturer<\/span> or distributor<\/span> by such watercraft warranty. All of this information shall be considered by the Director<\/span> in determining the fitness of the applicant to engage in the business for which he seeks a license. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICATION FOR LICENSE (\u00a7 29.1-809)\n\nA. Application for license shall be made to the Director at such time and in\nsuch form and shall contain such information as the Director shall require. The\napplication shall be accompanied by the required fee. The application shall be\naccompanied by evidence, that the Director deems proper, showing that the\napplicant currently holds a valid watercraft titling tax collection certificate,\na federal business identification number, a local business license and a dealer\ncertificate of numbers issued by the Department.\n\nB. The Director shall require in such application, or otherwise, information\nrelating to the matters set forth in § 29.1-819 as grounds for the refusing\nof licenses and to other pertinent matters requisite for the safeguarding of the\npublic interest in the locality in which the applicant proposes to engage in\nbusiness. If the applicant is a dealer in new watercraft with factory\nwarranties, he shall also include with his application a copy of a current\nservice agreement with the manufacturer or with the distributor, requiring the\napplicant to perform within a reasonable distance of his established place of\nbusiness, the service, repair and replacement work required of the manufacturer\nor distributor by such watercraft warranty. All of this information shall be\nconsidered by the Director in determining the fitness of the applicant to engage\nin the business for which he seeks a license.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 592.","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}}