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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67302</law_id><section_number>58.1-2248</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="5">Provisions Applicable to Alternative Fuels</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 license holder 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-243887" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2248/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> All taxes for which the license holder is liable under this article but are not yet due shall be due on the date of the discontinuance. If the license holder 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 license holder 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 license holder. <a id="paragraph-243888" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2248/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 729, 758.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
