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This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 377 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 1975 \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 1989, chapter 575; in 1993, chapter 773; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78440,"section_number":"3.2-3940","catch_line":"Administrative violations","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-3940\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":195951,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73910,"identifier":"3.2-3924","token":"3.2\/III\/39\/2\/3.2-3924","url":"\/3.2-3924\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3924\/","token":"3.2\/III\/39\/2\/3.2-3924","dublin_core":{"Title":"Annual business license required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3924","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No pesticide business<\/span> may sell, distribute, or store any pesticide without a pesticide business<\/span> license issued pursuant to regulations adopted by the Board<\/span>. The Board<\/span> shall adopt regulations exempting retailers of limited quantities of nonrestricted use<\/span> pesticides including grocery stores, convenience stores, drug stores, veterinarians, and other businesses who sell pesticides primarily for limited household use<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No person may apply or recommend for use<\/span> any pesticide commercially without a pesticide business<\/span> license and the employment of a certified<\/span> commercial applicator<\/span> responsible for: (i) the safe application of the pesticides; and (ii) providing recommendations for the use<\/span> of pesticides. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> An annual business license shall be required for each location or outlet that sells, distributes, stores, applies, or recommends for use<\/span> any pesticide. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nANNUAL BUSINESS LICENSE REQUIRED (\u00a7 3.2-3924)\n\nA. No pesticide business may sell, distribute, or store any pesticide without a\npesticide business license issued pursuant to regulations adopted by the Board.\nThe Board shall adopt regulations exempting retailers of limited quantities of\nnonrestricted use pesticides including grocery stores, convenience stores, drug\nstores, veterinarians, and other businesses who sell pesticides primarily for\nlimited household use.\n\nB. No person may apply or recommend for use any pesticide commercially without a\npesticide business license and the employment of a certified commercial\napplicator responsible for: (i) the safe application of the pesticides; and (ii)\nproviding recommendations for the use of pesticides.\n\nC. An annual business license shall be required for each location or outlet that\nsells, distributes, stores, applies, or recommends for use any pesticide.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 377, \u00a7 3.1-249.7; 1989, c. 575, \u00a7 3.1-249.46; 1993, c. 773;\n2008, 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}}