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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73910</law_id><section_number>3.2-3924</section_number><catch_line>Annual business license required</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>3.2-3940</reference></referred_to_by><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="39">Pesticide Control</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Licensing and Registration</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No <span class="dictionary">pesticide business</span> may sell, distribute, or store any pesticide without a <span class="dictionary">pesticide business</span> license issued pursuant to regulations adopted by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall adopt regulations exempting retailers of limited quantities of nonrestricted <span class="dictionary">use</span> pesticides including grocery stores, convenience stores, drug stores, veterinarians, and other businesses who sell pesticides primarily for limited household <span class="dictionary">use</span>. <a id="paragraph-265797" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-3924/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No person may apply or recommend for <span class="dictionary">use</span> any pesticide commercially without a <span class="dictionary">pesticide business</span> license and the employment of a <span class="dictionary">certified</span> <span class="dictionary">commercial applicator</span> responsible for: (i) the safe application of the pesticides; and (ii) providing recommendations for the <span class="dictionary">use</span> of pesticides. <a id="paragraph-265798" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-3924/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> An annual business license shall be required for each location or outlet that sells, distributes, stores, applies, or recommends for <span class="dictionary">use</span> any pesticide. <a id="paragraph-265799" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-3924/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1975, c. 377, &#xA7; 3.1-249.7; 1989, c. 575, &#xA7; 3.1-249.46; 1993, c. 773; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
