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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74700</law_id><section_number>3.2-4711</section_number><catch_line>License required; application for license to be in writing; contents</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>3.2-4724</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="47">Sale of Farm Produce</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Commission Merchants</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Every person who operates, conducts, or carries on the business of a <span class="dictionary">commission merchant</span> shall obtain a license. <a id="paragraph-268481" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4711/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Application for license shall be made to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> in writing, signed and sworn to by the applicant. <a id="paragraph-268482" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4711/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The application shall include: <a id="paragraph-268483" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4711/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The name of the locality where the business of <span class="dictionary">commission merchant</span> is to be conducted, the street and number of the building if practicable, and the nature of the products that will be handled by the applicant; <a id="paragraph-268484" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4711/#C1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If made by a partnership, the full names of each of the partners comprising the partnership, and their respective addresses, and the firm or trade name under which the business is to be conducted; <a id="paragraph-268485" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4711/#C2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If made by a corporation, whether it is domestic or foreign, the amount of its capital stock as provided in its articles of incorporation, the amount of its capital stock fully paid in, and the names of its officers and those persons authorized to receive and accept <span class="dictionary">service of process</span> and legal notices of all kinds for the applicant. <a id="paragraph-268486" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4711/#C3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> If requested by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>, an applicant shall demonstrate his character, responsibility, and good faith in seeking to carry on a <span class="dictionary">commission merchant</span>&#x2019;s business within the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-268487" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4711/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 3-536, 3-537; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7;&#xA7; 3.1-694, 3.1-695; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
