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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68607</law_id><section_number>29.1-809</section_number><catch_line>Application for license</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Application for license shall be made to the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> at such time and in such form and shall contain such information as the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> shall require. The application shall be accompanied by the required fee. The application shall be accompanied by <span class="dictionary">evidence</span>, that the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> deems proper, showing that the applicant currently holds a valid <span class="dictionary">watercraft</span> titling tax collection certificate, a federal business identification number, a local business license and a dealer certificate of numbers issued by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>. <a id="paragraph-248337" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-809/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Director</span> shall require in such application, or otherwise, information relating to the matters set forth in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Grounds for denying, suspending or revoking licenses" href="/29.1-819/">29.1-819</a> as grounds for the refusing of licenses and to other pertinent matters requisite for the safeguarding of the public interest in the locality in which the applicant proposes to engage in business. If the applicant is a dealer in <span class="dictionary">new watercraft</span> with factory warranties, he shall also include with his application a copy of a current service agreement with the <span class="dictionary">manufacturer</span> or with the <span class="dictionary">distributor</span>, requiring the applicant to perform within a reasonable distance of his <span class="dictionary">established place of business</span>, the service, repair and replacement work required of the <span class="dictionary">manufacturer</span> or <span class="dictionary">distributor</span> by such watercraft warranty. All of this information shall be considered by the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> in determining the fitness of the applicant to engage in the business for which he seeks a license. <a id="paragraph-248338" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-809/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1988, c. 592.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
