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In the event any such location is changed, the Director shall endorse the change of location on the license, without charge if the new location is within the same political subdivision. A change in location to another political subdivision shall require a new license.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1329326,"text":"The licenses of new watercraft dealers, used watercraft dealers, manufacturers, factory branches, distributors and distributor branches shall specify the location of each place of business or branch or other location occupied or to be occupied by the licensee in conducting his business as such. The license or supplemental license issued shall be conspicuously displayed on each of such premises. In the event any such location is changed, the Director shall endorse the change of location on the license, without charge if the new location is within the same political subdivision. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 592 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1420877,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357196,"identifier":"29.1-815","token":"29.1\/8\/2\/29.1-815","url":"\/29.1-815\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-815\/","token":"29.1\/8\/2\/29.1-815","dublin_core":{"Title":"Locations to be specified, etc.; display of license; change of location","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-815","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The licenses of <span class=\"dictionary\">new watercraft dealers<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">used watercraft dealers<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">manufacturers<\/span>, factory branches, <span class=\"dictionary\">distributors<\/span> and <span class=\"dictionary\">distributor<\/span> branches shall specify the location of each place of business or branch or other location occupied or to be occupied by the licensee in conducting his business as such. 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In the event any such location is changed, the Director shall endorse\nthe change of location on the license, without charge if the new location is\nwithin the same political subdivision. A change in location to another political\nsubdivision shall require a new license.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 592.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}