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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 865 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 1988 \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 727; in 1995, chapters 767<\/a> and 816<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 615<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":82941,"section_number":"46.2-1508.1","catch_line":"Licensure of certain nonprofit organizations","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1508.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":231319,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86719,"identifier":"46.2-1533","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/4\/46.2-1533","url":"\/46.2-1533\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1533\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/4\/46.2-1533","dublin_core":{"Title":"Business hours","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1533","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each motor vehicle dealer<\/span> shall be open for business a minimum of 20 hours per week, at least 10 of which shall be between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, except that the Board<\/span>, on written request by a dealer, may modify these requirements for good cause. The dealer’s hours shall be posted and maintained conspicuously on or near the main entrance of each place of business.\n\t\tEach dealer shall include his business hours on the original and every renewal application for a license, and changes to these hours shall be immediately filed with the Department<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBUSINESS HOURS (\u00a7 46.2-1533)\n\nEach motor vehicle dealer shall be open for business a minimum of 20 hours per\nweek, at least 10 of which shall be between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.\nMonday through Friday, except that the Board, on written request by a dealer,\nmay modify these requirements for good cause. The dealer’s hours shall be\nposted and maintained conspicuously on or near the main entrance of each place\nof business.\n\t\tEach dealer shall include his business hours on the original and every renewal\napplication for a license, and changes to these hours shall be immediately filed\nwith the Department.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 865, \u00a7 46.1-547.8; 1989, c. 727; 1995, cc. 767, 816; 2015, c.\n615.","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}}