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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75631</law_id><section_number>54.1-4111</section_number><catch_line>Local ordinances</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>54.1-4106</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="V">Occupations Regulated by Local Governing Bodies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="41">Precious Metals Dealers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Nothing in this chapter shall prevent any county, city, or town in this Commonwealth from enacting an <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> regulating <span class="dictionary">dealers</span> in <span class="dictionary">precious metals</span> and <span class="dictionary">gems</span> which parallels this chapter, or which imposes terms, conditions, and fees that are stricter, more comprehensive, or larger than those imposed by this chapter. In any event, the terms, conditions, and fees imposed by this chapter shall constitute minimum requirements in any local <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>. Any fee in excess of the one specified in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Permit required; method of obtaining permit; no convictions of certain crimes; approval of weighing devices; renewal; permanent location required" href="/54.1-4108/">54.1-4108</a> shall be reasonably related to the cost of enforcement of such local <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>.</p></section></text><history>1981, c. 581, &#xA7; 54-859.26; 1988, c. 765.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
