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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80571</law_id><section_number>3.2-4724</section_number><catch_line>Grounds for refusal or revocation of 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="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><p>The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may refuse to grant a license, delay the issuance of a license, or revoke any license when he finds that:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A money <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> that has been entered against a <span class="dictionary">commission merchant</span> has not been satisfied; <a id="paragraph-288667" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4724/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> False, fraudulent, or improper charges or returns have been made by the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> for the handling, sale, or storage of <span class="dictionary">farm products</span>, or for the rendering of any related service; <a id="paragraph-288668" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4724/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> has failed to render a true account of sales, or to settle promptly and within the time and in the manner required by this article; <a id="paragraph-288669" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4724/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> has made false or misleading statements as to the grade, condition, quality or quantity of <span class="dictionary">farm products</span> received, handled, stored or held by him for sale on commission; <a id="paragraph-288670" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4724/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> has made false or misleading statements as to market conditions; <a id="paragraph-288671" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4724/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> There has been a combination to fix prices; <a id="paragraph-288672" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4724/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> The <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> has, directly or indirectly, purchased for his or its own account <span class="dictionary">farm products</span> received by him or it, upon consignment, without prior authority from consignor in writing and at a fixed price agreed to by the consignor. This subdivision shall not apply to operators of livestock auction markets who are prohibited from purchasing consigned livestock under the federal Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 (42 Stat. 159), as amended; <a id="paragraph-288673" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4724/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="8"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> The <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> has made fictitious sales or has been guilty of collusion to defraud the consignor; <a id="paragraph-288674" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4724/#8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="9"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> The <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> has reconsigned the <span class="dictionary">farm products</span> to another person without first obtaining the written consent of the consignor or written notice has not been given by the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> to consignor that all or a part of the shipment was reconsigned; <a id="paragraph-288675" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4724/#9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="10"><p><span class="prefix-number">10.</span> The <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> sells <span class="dictionary">farm products</span> consigned to him or it, to another person owned or controlled by the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span>, or in which the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> may have a financial or other interest, either directly or indirectly, and no notice has been given, in writing, to the consignor by the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> that all or a part of such shipment was sold to a person in which the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> has a financial or other interest; <a id="paragraph-288676" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4724/#10"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="11"><p><span class="prefix-number">11.</span> The <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> was intentionally guilty of <span class="dictionary">fraud</span> or deception in the procurement of the license; <a id="paragraph-288677" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4724/#11"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="12"><p><span class="prefix-number">12.</span> The <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> has failed to file with the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> a schedule of his maximum commissions and other charges for services for the produce handled on account of or as agent of another as prescribed in this article, prior to the first day of February of each year; <a id="paragraph-288678" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4724/#12"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="13"><p><span class="prefix-number">13.</span> The <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> has failed to obey and comply with any <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> entered pursuant to the provisions of subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Complaint to Commissioner by consignor; Commissioner's action" href="/3.2-4722/">3.2-4722</a> within the time specified in such <span class="dictionary">order</span>, or in the case of an <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> within 10 days of the time the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">order</span> became final; <a id="paragraph-288679" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4724/#13"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="14"><p><span class="prefix-number">14.</span> The <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> has failed to comply with any assurance the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> has required pursuant to subsections C and D of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="License required; application for license to be in writing; contents" href="/3.2-4711/">3.2-4711</a>; or <a id="paragraph-288680" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4724/#14"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="15"><p><span class="prefix-number">15.</span> The <span class="dictionary">licensee</span>, his agents, contractors, or employees are guilty of violating any provision of this section. <a id="paragraph-288681" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4724/#15"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 3-551; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7; 3.1-709; 1979, c. 389; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
