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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 855 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65992,"section_number":"59.1-378","catch_line":"Issuance of owner's license","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-378\/"},{"id":64933,"section_number":"59.1-382","catch_line":"Issuance of operator's license","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-382\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":261125,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66271,"identifier":"59.1-379","token":"59.1\/29\/2\/59.1-379","url":"\/59.1-379\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-379\/","token":"59.1\/29\/2\/59.1-379","dublin_core":{"Title":"Refusal of owner’s license","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-379","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No owner’s license or renewal thereof shall be granted to any corporation if the Commission<\/span> finds that any principal stockholder<\/span> of such stock<\/span> corporation, or any member<\/span> of such nonstock corporation:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Is or has been guilty of any illegal, corrupt or fraudulent act, conduct or practice in connection with horse racing<\/span> in this or any other state, or has knowingly failed to comply with the provisions of this chapter or Commission<\/span> regulations; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Has had a license or permit to hold or conduct a race meeting<\/span> denied for cause, suspended or revoked in any other state or country; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Has at any time during the previous five years knowingly failed to comply with the provisions of this chapter or any Commission<\/span> regulations. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREFUSAL OF OWNER’S LICENSE (\u00a7 59.1-379)\n\nNo owner’s license or renewal thereof shall be granted to any corporation\nif the Commission finds that any principal stockholder of such stock\ncorporation, or any member of such nonstock corporation:\n\n1. Is or has been guilty of any illegal, corrupt or fraudulent act, conduct or\npractice in connection with horse racing in this or any other state, or has\nknowingly failed to comply with the provisions of this chapter or Commission\nregulations;\n\n2. Has had a license or permit to hold or conduct a race meeting denied for\ncause, suspended or revoked in any other state or country; or\n\n3. Has at any time during the previous five years knowingly failed to comply\nwith the provisions of this chapter or any Commission regulations.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 855.","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}}