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He may pass upon the qualifications of the applicant upon the basis of the information supplied in the application, or he may examine such applicant orally or in writing or both for the purpose of determining his qualifications. He shall grant licenses as licensed public weighmasters to such applicants as may be found to possess the qualifications required by \u00a7 3.2-5802 of this chapter. The Commissioner shall keep a record of all such applications and of all licenses issued thereon.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1332644,"text":"The Commissioner may adopt guidelines for determining the qualifications of the applicant for a license as a licensed public weighmaster. He may pass upon the qualifications of the applicant upon the basis of the information supplied in the application, or he may examine such applicant orally or in writing or both for the purpose of determining his qualifications. 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It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1962, chapter 126; in 1966, chapter 702; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":358147,"section_number":"3.2-5802","catch_line":"Qualifications of licensed public weighmasters","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5802\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1425067,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358149,"identifier":"3.2-5804","token":"3.2\/IV\/58\/3.2-5804","url":"\/3.2-5804\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5804\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/58\/3.2-5804","dublin_core":{"Title":"Determining qualifications of applicant; granting of license; record of applications and licenses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5804","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may adopt guidelines for determining the qualifications of the applicant for a license as a licensed public weighmaster. He may pass upon the qualifications of the applicant upon the basis of the information supplied in the application, or he may examine such applicant orally or in writing or both for the purpose of determining his qualifications. He shall grant licenses as licensed public weighmasters to such applicants as may be found to possess the qualifications required by \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Qualifications of licensed public weighmasters\" href=\"\/3.2-5802\/\">3.2-5802<\/a> of this chapter. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall keep a record of all such applications and of all licenses issued thereon.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDETERMINING QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANT; GRANTING OF LICENSE; RECORD OF\nAPPLICATIONS AND LICENSES (\u00a7 3.2-5804)\n\nThe Commissioner may adopt guidelines for determining the qualifications of the\napplicant for a license as a licensed public weighmaster. He may pass upon the\nqualifications of the applicant upon the basis of the information supplied in\nthe application, or he may examine such applicant orally or in writing or both\nfor the purpose of determining his qualifications. He shall grant licenses as\nlicensed public weighmasters to such applicants as may be found to possess the\nqualifications required by \u00a7 3.2-5802 of this chapter. The Commissioner shall\nkeep a record of all such applications and of all licenses issued thereon.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-709.5; 1962, c. 126; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-974; 2008, c.\n860.","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"}}