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Any person who fails to obtain a license prior to distributing, selling, or offering to sell seed shall be given a grace period of 15 working days from issuance of notification to obtain a license without penalty. Any person who fails to obtain a license by the end of the grace period shall pay a late fee of $50 in addition to the license fee amount. The assessment of this late fee shall not prohibit the Commissioner from taking further action.B\n\nEvery license shall expire on December 31. 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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 577<\/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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":196077,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58531,"identifier":"3.2-4005","token":"3.2\/III\/40\/1\/3.2-4005","url":"\/3.2-4005\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-4005\/","token":"3.2\/III\/40\/1\/3.2-4005","dublin_core":{"Title":"License required to market seed","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-4005","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any person whose name appears on the label of seed shall obtain a license from the Commissioner<\/span> before distributing, selling, or offering to sell such seed in the Commonwealth. The applicant shall submit the application on a form furnished or approved by the Commissioner<\/span> and shall pay a license fee of $50 at the time of application. Any person who fails to obtain a license prior to distributing, selling, or offering to sell seed shall be given a grace period of 15 working days from issuance of notification to obtain a license without penalty<\/span>. Any person who fails to obtain a license by the end of the grace period shall pay a late fee of $50 in addition to the license fee amount. The assessment of this late fee shall not prohibit the Commissioner<\/span> from taking further action. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Every license shall expire on December 31. If the holder files a renewal application on or before December 31, his license shall remain valid through January 31 or until issuance of the renewal license, whichever event first occurs. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> shall refuse to issue<\/span> the license to any person not in compliance with the provisions of this article, and shall revoke any license subsequently found not to be in compliance with any provision of this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLICENSE REQUIRED TO MARKET SEED (\u00a7 3.2-4005)\n\nA. Any person whose name appears on the label of seed shall obtain a license\nfrom the Commissioner before distributing, selling, or offering to sell such\nseed in the Commonwealth. The applicant shall submit the application on a form\nfurnished or approved by the Commissioner and shall pay a license fee of $50 at\nthe time of application. Any person who fails to obtain a license prior to\ndistributing, selling, or offering to sell seed shall be given a grace period of\n15 working days from issuance of notification to obtain a license without\npenalty. Any person who fails to obtain a license by the end of the grace period\nshall pay a late fee of $50 in addition to the license fee amount. The\nassessment of this late fee shall not prohibit the Commissioner from taking\nfurther action.\n\nB. Every license shall expire on December 31. If the holder files a renewal\napplication on or before December 31, his license shall remain valid through\nJanuary 31 or until issuance of the renewal license, whichever event first\noccurs.\n\nC. The Commissioner shall refuse to issue the license to any person not in\ncompliance with the provisions of this article, and shall revoke any license\nsubsequently found not to be in compliance with any provision of this article.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 577, \u00a7 3.1-275.2; 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}}