{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/3.2-3609.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/3.2-3609.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/3.2-3609.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/3.2-3609.html"}],"law_id":68090,"edition_id":1,"section_id":68090,"structure_id":14027,"section_number":"3.2-3609","catch_line":"Reporting year; inspection fees; distribution to nonlicensees","history":"1994, c. 740, \u00a7 3.1-106.8; 2008, c. 860; 2011, cc. 552, 564.","full_text":"A\n\nThe reporting year for regulated products shall be July 1 through June 30 of the following year.B\n\nAny person who distributes any regulated product to a non-licensed person:1\n\nShall file the tonnage statement with the Commissioner and pay to the Commissioner the inspection fee by August 1; or2\n\nShall not be required to file the tonnage statement or pay the inspection fee, if: (i) another person agrees in a written statement, filed with the Commissioner, to file the tonnage statement and to pay to the Commissioner the inspection fee by August 1; and (ii) he files with the Commissioner by August 1 on a form furnished by the Commissioner a purchasing report stating the number of tons of regulated product purchased by the person during the reporting year and from whom the regulated product was purchased.C\n\nAny person who distributes any regulated product in Virginia to a nonlicensee shall pay to the Commissioner an inspection fee of 25 cents ($0.25) per ton of regulated product or $35, whichever is greater, per tonnage reporting year.D\n\nAny person who distributes any regulated product to a nonlicensee shall pay to the Commissioner a late fee, amounting to 10 percent of the inspection fee due, or $50, whichever is greater, in addition to the amount of the inspection fee due, if the tonnage statement is not filed, is misstated, or if the payment of inspection fees is not made within 15 working days of the specified filing date.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":246527,"text":"The reporting year for regulated products shall be July 1 through June 30 of the following year.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":246528,"text":"Any person who distributes any regulated product to a non-licensed person:","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"B1"},"2":{"id":246529,"text":"Shall file the tonnage statement with the Commissioner and pay to the Commissioner the inspection fee by August 1; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0740\">740<\/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. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>; in 2011, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0552\">552<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0564\">564<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":195669,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68090,"identifier":"3.2-3609","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3609","url":"\/3.2-3609\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3609\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3609","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reporting year; inspection fees; distribution to nonlicensees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3609","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The reporting year for <span class=\"dictionary\">regulated products<\/span> shall be July 1 through June 30 of the following year. <a id=\"paragraph-246527\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3609\/#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 person who <span class=\"dictionary\">distributes<\/span> any <span class=\"dictionary\">regulated product<\/span> to a non-licensed person: <a id=\"paragraph-246528\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3609\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Shall file the tonnage statement with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> and pay to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> the inspection fee by August 1; or <a id=\"paragraph-246529\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3609\/#B1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Shall not be required to file the tonnage statement or pay the inspection fee, if: (i) another person agrees in a written statement, filed with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>, to file the tonnage statement and to pay to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> the inspection fee by August 1; and (ii) he files with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> by August 1 on a form furnished by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> a purchasing report stating the number of <span class=\"dictionary\">tons<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">regulated product<\/span> purchased by the person during the reporting year and from whom the <span class=\"dictionary\">regulated product<\/span> was purchased. <a id=\"paragraph-246530\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3609\/#B2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Any person who <span class=\"dictionary\">distributes<\/span> any <span class=\"dictionary\">regulated product<\/span> in Virginia to a nonlicensee shall pay to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> an inspection fee of 25 cents ($0.25) per <span class=\"dictionary\">ton<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">regulated product<\/span> or $35, whichever is greater, per tonnage reporting year. <a id=\"paragraph-246531\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3609\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> Any person who <span class=\"dictionary\">distributes<\/span> any <span class=\"dictionary\">regulated product<\/span> to a nonlicensee shall pay to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> a late fee, amounting to 10 <span class=\"dictionary\">percent<\/span> of the inspection fee due, or $50, whichever is greater, in addition to the amount of the inspection fee due, if the tonnage statement is not filed, is misstated, or if the payment of inspection fees is not made within 15 working days of the specified filing date. <a id=\"paragraph-246532\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3609\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREPORTING YEAR; INSPECTION FEES; DISTRIBUTION TO NONLICENSEES (\u00a7 3.2-3609)\n\nA. The reporting year for regulated products shall be July 1 through June 30 of\nthe following year.\n\nB. Any person who distributes any regulated product to a non-licensed person:\n\n   1. Shall file the tonnage statement with the Commissioner and pay to the\n   Commissioner the inspection fee by August 1; or\n\n   2. Shall not be required to file the tonnage statement or pay the inspection\n   fee, if: (i) another person agrees in a written statement, filed with the\n   Commissioner, to file the tonnage statement and to pay to the Commissioner the\n   inspection fee by August 1; and (ii) he files with the Commissioner by August\n   1 on a form furnished by the Commissioner a purchasing report stating the\n   number of tons of regulated product purchased by the person during the\n   reporting year and from whom the regulated product was purchased.\n\nC. Any person who distributes any regulated product in Virginia to a nonlicensee\nshall pay to the Commissioner an inspection fee of 25 cents ($0.25) per ton of\nregulated product or $35, whichever is greater, per tonnage reporting year.\n\nD. Any person who distributes any regulated product to a nonlicensee shall pay\nto the Commissioner a late fee, amounting to 10 percent of the inspection fee\ndue, or $50, whichever is greater, in addition to the amount of the inspection\nfee due, if the tonnage statement is not filed, is misstated, or if the payment\nof inspection fees is not made within 15 working days of the specified filing\ndate.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 740, \u00a7 3.1-106.8; 2008, c. 860; 2011, cc. 552, 564.","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}}