                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LICENSES REQUIRED (§ 29.1-808)

It is unlawful for any person to engage in business in this Commonwealth as a
new watercraft dealer, used watercraft dealer, watercraft salesman, watercraft
demonstrator, manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch, or
factory or distributor representative without first obtaining a license as
provided in this chapter. If any watercraft dealer acts as a watercraft
salesman, he shall obtain a watercraft salesman&#8217;s license in addition to a
watercraft dealer&#8217;s license. Any watercraft salesman who acts as a
watercraft demonstrator shall not be required to obtain an additional license as
a watercraft demonstrator. The offering or granting of a watercraft dealer
franchise in this Commonwealth shall be deemed the engaging in business in this
Commonwealth for purposes of this section, and no new watercraft may be sold or
offered for sale in this Commonwealth unless the franchisor of watercraft dealer
franchises for that line-make in this Commonwealth (whether such franchisor be a
manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch, or otherwise) is
licensed under this chapter. In the event a license issued under this chapter to
a franchisor of watercraft dealer franchises shall be suspended or revoked or
shall not be renewed, nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the
sale of any new watercraft of such franchisor&#8217;s line-make, manufactured in
or brought into this Commonwealth for sale prior to the suspension, revocation
or expiration of the license.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 592; 1998, c. 515.