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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 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 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65454,"section_number":"46.2-1503.4","catch_line":"General powers and duties of Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1503.4\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":231743,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66321,"identifier":"46.2-1574","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/8\/46.2-1574","url":"\/46.2-1574\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1574\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/8\/46.2-1574","dublin_core":{"Title":"Acts of officers, directors, partners, and salespersons","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1574","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If a licensee or registrant is a partnership or corporation, it shall be sufficient cause for the denial, suspension<\/span>, or revocation<\/span> of a license or certificate of dealer<\/span> registration that any officer, director, or trustee of the partnership or corporation, or any member in the case of a partnership or the dealer<\/span>-operator<\/span><\/span>, has committed any act or omitted any duty which would be cause for refusing, suspending, or revoking a license or certificate of dealer<\/span> registration issued to him as an individual under this chapter. Each licensee or registrant shall be responsible for the acts of any of his salespersons<\/span> while acting as his agent<\/span>, if the licensee approved of those acts or had knowledge of those acts or other similar acts and after such knowledge retained the benefit, proceeds, profits, or advantages accruing from those acts or otherwise ratified those acts.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACTS OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, PARTNERS, AND SALESPERSONS (\u00a7 46.2-1574)\n\nIf a licensee or registrant is a partnership or corporation, it shall be\nsufficient cause for the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license or\ncertificate of dealer registration that any officer, director, or trustee of the\npartnership or corporation, or any member in the case of a partnership or the\ndealer-operator, has committed any act or omitted any duty which would be cause\nfor refusing, suspending, or revoking a license or certificate of dealer\nregistration issued to him as an individual under this chapter. Each licensee or\nregistrant shall be responsible for the acts of any of his salespersons while\nacting as his agent, if the licensee approved of those acts or had knowledge of\nthose acts or other similar acts and after such knowledge retained the benefit,\nproceeds, profits, or advantages accruing from those acts or otherwise ratified\nthose acts.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 865, \u00a7 46.1-550.5:33; 1989, 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}}