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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72895</law_id><section_number>3.2-5705</section_number><catch_line>Exemption from registration fee</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>3.2-5704</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="IV">Food and Drink; Weights and Measures</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="57">Weights and Measures Service Agencies and Technicians</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No service agency shall be required to pay a registration fee under the provisions of this chapter if it is: <a id="paragraph-262634" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-5705/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A business employing <span class="dictionary">service technicians</span> to install, place in service, adjust, repair, service, or recondition weights or measures that are owned or operated by the business but that are used by no other business; or <a id="paragraph-262635" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-5705/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A government or political subdivision engaged in the installation, placing in service, adjusting, repairing, servicing, or reconditioning of weights or measures owned or operated by the government or political subdivision. <a id="paragraph-262636" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-5705/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">service technician</span> that is employed by a business that is exempt from paying a registration fee pursuant to subsection A of this section shall not be required to pay a certification fee under the provisions of this chapter. <a id="paragraph-262637" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-5705/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1992, c. 242, &#xA7; 3.1-969.6; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
