{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/46.2-1585.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/46.2-1585.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/46.2-1585.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/46.2-1585.html"}],"law_id":57745,"edition_id":1,"section_id":57745,"structure_id":15160,"section_number":"46.2-1585","catch_line":"Recertification schedule","history":"2022, c. 574.","full_text":"A\n\nIndependent dealer-operator certificates of qualification are valid for 24 months and shall expire on the last day of the twenty-fourth month. 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This law was first created in 2022. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 574<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":231137,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57745,"identifier":"46.2-1585","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/10\/46.2-1585","url":"\/46.2-1585\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1585\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/10\/46.2-1585","dublin_core":{"Title":"Recertification schedule","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1585","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Independent dealer<\/span>-operator<\/span><\/span> certificates of qualification are valid for 24 months and shall expire on the last day of the twenty-fourth month. Certificates of qualification shall be deemed not to have expired if the recertification<\/span> is completed within 60 days of the expiration date. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Independent dealer<\/span>-operators<\/span><\/span> may complete the recertification<\/span> requirement up to six months prior to the expiration date of their certificate of qualification<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Executive Director<\/span> may for good cause grant an extension for the completion of the recertification<\/span> requirements, provided that a written request from the independent dealer<\/span>-operator<\/span><\/span> is received by the Executive Director<\/span> at least 15 days prior to the expiration date. Such extension shall not relieve the licensee of the recertification<\/span> requirement. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Any application received from an applicant whose certificate has expired shall be considered an original application<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> For independent dealer<\/span>-operators<\/span><\/span> who have served outside of the United States in the United States Armed Services, the certification shall be deemed not to have expired if the recertification<\/span> requirement has been completed not more than 90 days from the date they are no longer serving outside of the United States in the United States Armed Services. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECERTIFICATION SCHEDULE (\u00a7 46.2-1585)\n\nA. Independent dealer-operator certificates of qualification are valid for 24\nmonths and shall expire on the last day of the twenty-fourth month. Certificates\nof qualification shall be deemed not to have expired if the recertification is\ncompleted within 60 days of the expiration date.\n\nB. Independent dealer-operators may complete the recertification requirement up\nto six months prior to the expiration date of their certificate of\nqualification.\n\nC. The Executive Director may for good cause grant an extension for the\ncompletion of the recertification requirements, provided that a written request\nfrom the independent dealer-operator is received by the Executive Director at\nleast 15 days prior to the expiration date. Such extension shall not relieve the\nlicensee of the recertification requirement.\n\nD. Any application received from an applicant whose certificate has expired\nshall be considered an original application.\n\nE. For independent dealer-operators who have served outside of the United States\nin the United States Armed Services, the certification shall be deemed not to\nhave expired if the recertification requirement has been completed not more than\n90 days from the date they are no longer serving outside of the United States in\nthe United States Armed Services.\n\nHISTORY: 2022, c. 574.","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}}