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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 296 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 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1423877,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357859,"identifier":"3.2-4754","token":"3.2\/III\/47\/4\/3.2-4754","url":"\/3.2-4754\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-4754\/","token":"3.2\/III\/47\/4\/3.2-4754","dublin_core":{"Title":"License required; application for license or renewal","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-4754","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No person shall act as a grain dealer<\/span> without first having obtained a license. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Every grain dealer<\/span> proposing to transact business within the Commonwealth shall annually on or before January 1, file a written application for a license or for the renewal of a license with the Commissioner<\/span>. The application shall be on a form furnished by the Commissioner<\/span> and shall contain the following information and such other relevant information as the Commissioner<\/span> shall require: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The name and address of the applicant and that of its local agent or agents, if any, and the location of its principal place of business within the Commonwealth; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The kinds of grain the applicant proposes to handle; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The type of grain business proposed to be conducted. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLICENSE REQUIRED; APPLICATION FOR LICENSE OR RENEWAL (\u00a7 3.2-4754)\n\nA. No person shall act as a grain dealer without first having obtained a\nlicense.\n\nB. Every grain dealer proposing to transact business within the Commonwealth\nshall annually on or before January 1, file a written application for a license\nor for the renewal of a license with the Commissioner. The application shall be\non a form furnished by the Commissioner and shall contain the following\ninformation and such other relevant information as the Commissioner shall\nrequire:\n\n 1. The name and address of the applicant and that of its local agent or\n agents, if any, and the location of its principal place of business within the\n Commonwealth;\n\n 2. The kinds of grain the applicant proposes to handle; and\n\n 3. The type of grain business proposed to be conducted.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 296, \u00a7\u00a7 3.1-722.17, 3.1-722.18; 2008, c. 860.","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"}}