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All such hearings shall be public and shall be held with reasonable promptness. The applicant may be represented by counsel.B\n\nAny applicant denied a license for failure to comply with the definition of an established place of business may not, nor shall anyone, apply for a license for such premises, for which a license was denied, until the expiration of sixty days from the date of the rejection of such application.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":277191,"text":"The Director shall act upon all applications for a license within thirty days after receipt of all required applications, documents and fees by either granting or refusing the same. Any applicant denied a license shall, upon his written request filed within thirty days, be given a hearing at such time and place as determined by the Director or person designated by him. All such hearings shall be public and shall be held with reasonable promptness. 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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":false,"permalink":{"id":193895,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77277,"identifier":"29.1-820","token":"29.1\/8\/2\/29.1-820","url":"\/29.1-820\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-820\/","token":"29.1\/8\/2\/29.1-820","dublin_core":{"Title":"Action upon applications; hearing upon denial; denial for failure to have established place of business","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-820","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> shall act upon all applications for a license within thirty days after receipt of all required applications, documents and fees by either granting or refusing the same. Any applicant denied a license shall, upon his written request filed within thirty days, be given a <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> at such time and place as determined by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> designated by him. All such <span class=\"dictionary\">hearings<\/span> shall be public and shall be held with reasonable promptness. The applicant may be represented by <span class=\"dictionary\">counsel<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-277191\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/29.1-820\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Any applicant denied a license for failure to comply with the definition of an <span class=\"dictionary\">established place of business<\/span> may not, nor shall anyone, apply for a license for such premises, for which a license was denied, until the expiration of sixty days from the date of the rejection of such application. <a id=\"paragraph-277192\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/29.1-820\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACTION UPON APPLICATIONS; HEARING UPON DENIAL; DENIAL FOR FAILURE TO HAVE\nESTABLISHED PLACE OF BUSINESS (\u00a7 29.1-820)\n\nA. The Director shall act upon all applications for a license within thirty days\nafter receipt of all required applications, documents and fees by either\ngranting or refusing the same. Any applicant denied a license shall, upon his\nwritten request filed within thirty days, be given a hearing at such time and\nplace as determined by the Director or person designated by him. All such\nhearings shall be public and shall be held with reasonable promptness. The\napplicant may be represented by counsel.\n\nB. Any applicant denied a license for failure to comply with the definition of\nan established place of business may not, nor shall anyone, apply for a license\nfor such premises, for which a license was denied, until the expiration of sixty\ndays from the date of the rejection of such application.\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}}