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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68090</law_id><section_number>3.2-3609</section_number><catch_line>Reporting year; inspection fees; distribution to nonlicensees</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="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Production and Sale of Agricultural Products</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="36">Fertilizer</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The reporting year for <span class="dictionary">regulated products</span> shall be July 1 through June 30 of the following year. <a id="paragraph-246527" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-3609/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any person who <span class="dictionary">distributes</span> any <span class="dictionary">regulated product</span> to a non-licensed person: <a id="paragraph-246528" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-3609/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Shall file the tonnage statement with the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> and pay to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> the inspection fee by August 1; or <a id="paragraph-246529" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-3609/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Shall not be required to file the tonnage statement or pay the inspection fee, if: (i) another person agrees in a written statement, filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>, to file the tonnage statement and to pay to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> the inspection fee by August 1; and (ii) he files with the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> by August 1 on a form furnished by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> a purchasing report stating the number of <span class="dictionary">tons</span> of <span class="dictionary">regulated product</span> purchased by the person during the reporting year and from whom the <span class="dictionary">regulated product</span> was purchased. <a id="paragraph-246530" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-3609/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any person who <span class="dictionary">distributes</span> any <span class="dictionary">regulated product</span> in Virginia to a nonlicensee shall pay to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> an inspection fee of 25 cents ($0.25) per <span class="dictionary">ton</span> of <span class="dictionary">regulated product</span> or $35, whichever is greater, per tonnage reporting year. <a id="paragraph-246531" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-3609/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Any person who <span class="dictionary">distributes</span> any <span class="dictionary">regulated product</span> to a nonlicensee shall pay to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> a late fee, amounting to 10 <span class="dictionary">percent</span> of the inspection fee due, or $50, whichever is greater, in addition to the amount of the inspection fee due, if the tonnage statement is not filed, is misstated, or if the payment of inspection fees is not made within 15 working days of the specified filing date. <a id="paragraph-246532" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-3609/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1994, c. 740, &#xA7; 3.1-106.8; 2008, c. 860; 2011, cc. 552, 564.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
