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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86403</law_id><section_number>29.1-808</section_number><catch_line>Licenses required</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>29.1-812</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="29.1">Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="8">Watercraft Dealer Licensing Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Application, Issuance, Fees, Renewal, Revocation</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It is unlawful for any <span class="dictionary">person</span> to engage in business in this Commonwealth as a <span class="dictionary">new watercraft dealer</span>, <span class="dictionary">used watercraft dealer</span>, <span class="dictionary">watercraft salesman</span>, <span class="dictionary">watercraft demonstrator</span>, <span class="dictionary">manufacturer</span>, <span class="dictionary">factory branch</span>, distributor, <span class="dictionary">distributor branch</span>, or factory or <span class="dictionary">distributor representative</span> without first obtaining a license as provided in this chapter. If any watercraft dealer acts as a <span class="dictionary">watercraft salesman</span>, he shall obtain a <span class="dictionary">watercraft salesman</span>&#x2019;s license in addition to a watercraft dealer&#x2019;s license. Any <span class="dictionary">watercraft salesman</span> who acts as a <span class="dictionary">watercraft demonstrator</span> shall not be required to obtain an additional license as a <span class="dictionary">watercraft demonstrator</span>. The offering or granting of a watercraft dealer <span class="dictionary">franchise</span> in this Commonwealth shall be deemed the engaging in business in this Commonwealth for purposes of this section, and no new watercraft may be sold or offered for sale in this Commonwealth unless the franchisor of watercraft dealer <span class="dictionary">franchises</span> for that line-make in this Commonwealth (whether such franchisor be a <span class="dictionary">manufacturer</span>, <span class="dictionary">factory branch</span>, distributor, <span class="dictionary">distributor branch</span>, or otherwise) is licensed under this chapter. In the event a license issued under this chapter to a franchisor of watercraft dealer <span class="dictionary">franchises</span> shall be suspended or revoked or shall not be renewed, nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the sale of any new watercraft of such franchisor&#x2019;s line-make, manufactured in or brought into this Commonwealth for sale prior to the suspension, <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> or expiration of the license.</p></section></text><history>1988, c. 592; 1998, c. 515.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
