                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

GROUNDS FOR DENYING, SUSPENDING OR REVOKING LICENSE (§ 36-85.20)

A. A license may be denied, suspended, or revoked by the Board on any one or
more of the following grounds:

   1. Material misstatement in application for license;

   2. Failure to pay required assessment to the Manufactured Housing Recovery
   Fund;

   3. Engaging in the business of a manufactured home manufacturer, dealer,
   broker, or salesperson without first obtaining a license from the Board;

   4. Failure to comply with the warranty service obligations and claims
   procedure established by this chapter;

   5. Failure to comply with the set-up and tie-down requirements of the Code;

   6. Having knowingly failed or refused to account for or to pay over moneys or
   other valuables belonging to others which have come into the regulant&#8217;s
   possession arising from the sale of manufactured homes;

   7. Use of unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive commercial acts
   or practices;

   8. Failure to appear before the Board upon due notice or to follow directives
   of the Board issued pursuant to this chapter;

   9. Employing unlicensed retail salespersons;

   10. Knowingly offering for sale the products of manufacturers who are not
   licensed pursuant to this chapter or selling to dealers not licensed pursuant
   to this chapter manufactured homes which are to be sold in the Commonwealth to
   buyers as defined in this chapter;

   11. Having had a license revoked, suspended, or denied by the Board under this
   chapter; or having had a license revoked, suspended or denied by a similar
   entity in another state; or engaging in conduct in another state which
   conduct, if committed in this Commonwealth, would have been a violation under
   this chapter;

   12. Defrauding any buyer, to the buyer&#8217;s damage, or any other person in
   the conduct of the regulant&#8217;s business; or

   13. Failure to comply with any provisions of this chapter.

B. The Board may revoke or deny renewal of an existing license or refuse to
issue a license to any manufactured home broker, dealer, manufacturer or
salesperson who is shown to have a substantial identity of interest with a
manufactured home broker, dealer, or manufacturer whose license has been revoked
or not renewed by the Board.

C. Any person whose license is revoked or not renewed by the Board shall not be
eligible for a license under any circumstances or under any name, except as
provided by regulations of the Board pursuant to &#xA7; 36-85.18.

HISTORY: 1991, c. 555; 1992, c. 223; 2008, c. 350.