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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77334</law_id><section_number>58.1-4121</section_number><catch_line>Suspension or revocation of service permit; civil penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-4048</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Other Sources of State Revenue</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="41">Casino Gaming</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="6">Service Permits</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Director</span> may suspend, revoke, refuse to renew, or assess a civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> against the holder of a service permit in a sum not to exceed $10,000, after notice and a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>. Such service permit may, however, be temporarily suspended by the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> without prior notice, pending any <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span>, <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, or investigation, whether by a third <span class="dictionary">party</span> or by the <span class="dictionary">Director</span>. A service permit may be suspended, revoked, or refused renewal by the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> for one or more of the following reasons: <a id="paragraph-277373" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4121/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Failure to comply with, or violation of, any provision of this chapter or any regulation or condition of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>; <a id="paragraph-277374" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4121/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Failure to disclose <span class="dictionary">facts</span> during the application process that indicate that such service permit should not have been issued; <a id="paragraph-277375" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4121/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> <span class="dictionary">Conviction</span> of a <span class="dictionary">felony</span> under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth or any other state or of the United States subsequent to issuance of a service permit; <a id="paragraph-277376" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4121/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Failure to file any return or report, keep any record, or pay any fees or other charges required by this chapter; <a id="paragraph-277377" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4121/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Any act of <span class="dictionary">fraud</span>, deceit, misrepresentation, or conduct prejudicial to public confidence in the integrity of <span class="dictionary">gaming operations</span>; <a id="paragraph-277378" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4121/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> A <span class="dictionary">material</span> change, since issuance of the service permit, with respect to any matters required to be considered by the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> under this chapter; or <a id="paragraph-277379" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4121/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Other factors established by <span class="dictionary">Department</span> regulation. <a id="paragraph-277380" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4121/#A7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Actions taken by the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> pursuant to this section shall be final unless appealed in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Hearing and appeal" href="/58.1-4105/">58.1-4105</a>. Suspension or <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> of a service permit for any violation shall not preclude criminal liability for such violation. <a id="paragraph-277381" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4121/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, cc. 1197, 1248.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
