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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62356</law_id><section_number>58.1-2214</section_number><catch_line>Notice of discontinuance, sale or transfer of business</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="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Taxes Administered by Other Agencies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="22">Virginia Fuels Tax Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Motor Fuel Licensing</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> who discontinues in the Commonwealth the business for which the license was issued shall notify the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> in writing of such discontinuance and shall surrender the license to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>. The notice shall state the effective date of the discontinuance and, if the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> has transferred the business or otherwise relinquished control to another <span class="dictionary">person</span> by sale or otherwise, the date of the sale or transfer and the name and address of the <span class="dictionary">person</span> to whom the business is transferred or relinquished. The notice shall also include any other information required by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>. <a id="paragraph-227442" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2214/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> is a <span class="dictionary">supplier</span>, all taxes for which the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> is liable under this chapter but are not yet due shall be due on the date of the discontinuance. If the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> has transferred the business to another <span class="dictionary">person</span> and does not give the notice required by this section, the <span class="dictionary">person</span> to whom the business was transferred shall be liable for the amount of any tax owed by the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span> to the Commonwealth on the date the business was transferred. The liability of the <span class="dictionary">person</span> to whom the business was transferred shall not exceed the value of the property acquired from the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span>. <a id="paragraph-227443" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2214/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 729, 758.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
