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Each person shall make application on forms furnished or approved by the Commissioner and shall pay a license fee of $50 per licensing year per distributor. Each license shall expire on June 30 of the license year for which the Commissioner issued the license. Every such license shall be valid through July 31 of the next licensing year or until issuance of the renewal license, whichever occurs first, if the holder of the license filed a renewal application with the Commissioner on or before June 30 of the licensing year for which the Commissioner issued the license.B\n\nThe Commissioner shall grant to any person who has failed to obtain a license required by subsection A, a grace period of 15 working days from issuance of notification to obtain a license without a penalty. 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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 647 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 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1994, chapter 649<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 473<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":195751,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58990,"identifier":"3.2-3703","token":"3.2\/III\/37\/3.2-3703","url":"\/3.2-3703\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3703\/","token":"3.2\/III\/37\/3.2-3703","dublin_core":{"Title":"Manufacturer required to obtain license; fee","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3703","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any person who manufactures or whose name appears on the label<\/span> of any liming material<\/span> to be distributed in the Commonwealth shall by July 1 of each year, or prior to distribution of such liming material<\/span>, obtain a license for the licensing year of July 1 to June 30. Each person shall make application on forms furnished or approved by the Commissioner<\/span> and shall pay a license fee of $50 per licensing year per distributor<\/span>. Each license shall expire on June 30 of the license year for which the Commissioner<\/span> issued the license. Every such license shall be valid through July 31 of the next licensing year or until issuance of the renewal license, whichever occurs first, if the holder of the license filed a renewal application with the Commissioner<\/span> on or before June 30 of the licensing year for which the Commissioner<\/span> issued the license. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> shall grant to any person who has failed to obtain a license required by subsection A, a grace period of 15 working days from issuance of notification to obtain a license without a penalty<\/span>. Any person who fails to obtain a license by the 15th day of the grace period shall pay to the Commissioner<\/span> a $50 late fee in addition to the license fee, as well as cause a stop sale, use, removal or seizure order<\/span> to be issued on any liming material<\/span> the person distributes until the person obtains the required license. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMANUFACTURER REQUIRED TO OBTAIN LICENSE; FEE (\u00a7 3.2-3703)\n\nA. Any person who manufactures or whose name appears on the label of any liming\nmaterial to be distributed in the Commonwealth shall by July 1 of each year, or\nprior to distribution of such liming material, obtain a license for the\nlicensing year of July 1 to June 30. Each person shall make application on forms\nfurnished or approved by the Commissioner and shall pay a license fee of $50 per\nlicensing year per distributor. Each license shall expire on June 30 of the\nlicense year for which the Commissioner issued the license. Every such license\nshall be valid through July 31 of the next licensing year or until issuance of\nthe renewal license, whichever occurs first, if the holder of the license filed\na renewal application with the Commissioner on or before June 30 of the\nlicensing year for which the Commissioner issued the license.\n\nB. The Commissioner shall grant to any person who has failed to obtain a license\nrequired by subsection A, a grace period of 15 working days from issuance of\nnotification to obtain a license without a penalty. Any person who fails to\nobtain a license by the 15th day of the grace period shall pay to the\nCommissioner a $50 late fee in addition to the license fee, as well as cause a\nstop sale, use, removal or seizure order to be issued on any liming material the\nperson distributes until the person obtains the required license.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 647, \u00a7 3.1-126.4; 1994, c. 649; 2002, c. 473; 2008, c. 860.","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}}