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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 530 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 1981 \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 1986, chapter 562; in 2006, chapter 634<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 727<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":213965,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79225,"identifier":"38.2-2605","token":"38.2\/26\/38.2-2605","url":"\/38.2-2605\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-2605\/","token":"38.2\/26\/38.2-2605","dublin_core":{"Title":"Expiration and renewal of license","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-2605","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every home protection company<\/span> licensed under this chapter shall obtain a renewal of its license annually from the Commission<\/span>. Every license issued under this chapter shall expire at midnight on June 30 immediately following the date of issuance. No renewal license shall be issued unless the home protection company<\/span> has paid all taxes, fees, assessments and other charges imposed upon it, and has complied with all the other requirements of law<\/span>. The Commission<\/span> shall not fail or refuse to renew the license of any home protection company<\/span> without giving the home protection company<\/span> ten days’ notice of the failure or refusal to renew and providing it an opportunity to be heard and to introduce evidence<\/span> in its behalf. Any such hearing<\/span> may be informal, and the required notice may be waived by the Commission<\/span> and the home protection company<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXPIRATION AND RENEWAL OF LICENSE (\u00a7 38.2-2605)\n\nEvery home protection company licensed under this chapter shall obtain a renewal\nof its license annually from the Commission. Every license issued under this\nchapter shall expire at midnight on June 30 immediately following the date of\nissuance. No renewal license shall be issued unless the home protection company\nhas paid all taxes, fees, assessments and other charges imposed upon it, and has\ncomplied with all the other requirements of law. The Commission shall not fail\nor refuse to renew the license of any home protection company without giving the\nhome protection company ten days’ notice of the failure or refusal to\nrenew and providing it an opportunity to be heard and to introduce evidence in\nits behalf. Any such hearing may be informal, and the required notice may be\nwaived by the Commission and the home protection company.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 530, \u00a7 38.1-935; 1986, c. 562; 2006, c. 634; 2017, c. 727.","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}}