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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 242 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 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 860<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 168<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":58441,"section_number":"3.2-5704","catch_line":"Registration fee","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5704\/"},{"id":66622,"section_number":"3.2-5706","catch_line":"Examination and verification of standards and calibrating equipment","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5706\/"}],"permalink":{"id":197999,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86143,"identifier":"3.2-5703","token":"3.2\/IV\/57\/3.2-5703","url":"\/3.2-5703\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5703\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/57\/3.2-5703","dublin_core":{"Title":"Registration of service agency","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5703","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A service agency shall not operate in the Commonwealth without first obtaining registration issued annually by the Commissioner<\/span>. The application for registration as a service agency or renewal of application shall be made in writing on a form approved by the Commissioner<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Each application for registration or renewal shall contain: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The name of the service agency, including any fictitious names under which it intends to operate; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The principal business address of the service agency; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The name of every person functioning as a service technician<\/span> in the Commonwealth who is in the employ of the service agency; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Documentation of verification pursuant to § 3.2-5706<\/a> of the weights or measures standards<\/span> and calibrating equipment used or to be used by the service agency; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> The fee required by § 3.2-5704<\/a>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Proof of a uniquely identifiable security seal for the service agency. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> may deny, suspend, or revoke any registration or renewal if the application is incomplete, false, or fraudulent. It shall be a violation of this chapter for a person to submit to the Commissioner<\/span> an application for registration or renewal that he knows to be false or fraudulent. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGISTRATION OF SERVICE AGENCY (\u00a7 3.2-5703)\n\nA. A service agency shall not operate in the Commonwealth without first\nobtaining registration issued annually by the Commissioner. The application for\nregistration as a service agency or renewal of application shall be made in\nwriting on a form approved by the Commissioner.\n\nB. Each application for registration or renewal shall contain:\n\n 1. The name of the service agency, including any fictitious names under which\n it intends to operate;\n\n 2. The principal business address of the service agency;\n\n 3. The name of every person functioning as a service technician in the\n Commonwealth who is in the employ of the service agency;\n\n 4. Documentation of verification pursuant to § 3.2-5706 of the weights or\n measures standards and calibrating equipment used or to be used by the service\n agency;\n\n 5. The fee required by § 3.2-5704; and\n\n 6. Proof of a uniquely identifiable security seal for the service agency.\n\nC. The Commissioner may deny, suspend, or revoke any registration or renewal if\nthe application is incomplete, false, or fraudulent. It shall be a violation of\nthis chapter for a person to submit to the Commissioner an application for\nregistration or renewal that he knows to be false or fraudulent.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 242, \u00a7 3.1-969.4; 2008, c. 860; 2016, c. 168.","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}}