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The Commission shall issue a license, expiring on June 30 immediately following the date of issuance, if it finds that (i) the application is in proper form and the required fee has been paid; (ii) the financial responsibility, experience, character, and general fitness of the applicant indicate that the business will be operated lawfully, honestly, fairly and efficiently within the purpose of this chapter, the same criteria being applicable to members of the applicant if the applicant is a partnership or association and to officers and directors of the applicant if the applicant is a corporation; (iii) if the applicant is a corporation, it is a corporation of this Commonwealth or a foreign corporation that has a certificate of authority to transact business in this Commonwealth; and (iv) the applicant has assets equal to or greater than its liabilities and has working capital sufficient for the operation of its business.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1350809,"text":"Upon the filing of an application and the payment of the application fee, the Commission shall make an investigation of the applicant. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 147 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 1964 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1981, chapter 107; in 1986, chapter 562.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1444247,"object_type":"law","relational_id":362696,"identifier":"38.2-4702","token":"38.2\/47\/38.2-4702","url":"\/38.2-4702\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-4702\/","token":"38.2\/47\/38.2-4702","dublin_core":{"Title":"Investigation of applicant; issuance of license","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-4702","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Upon the filing of an application and the payment of the application fee, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall make an investigation of the applicant. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> a license, expiring on June 30 immediately following the date of issuance, if it finds that (i) the application is in proper form and the required fee has been paid; (ii) the financial responsibility, experience, character, and general fitness of the applicant indicate that the business will be operated lawfully, honestly, fairly and efficiently within the purpose of this chapter, the same criteria being applicable to members of the applicant if the applicant is a partnership or association and to officers and directors of the applicant if the applicant is a corporation; (iii) if the applicant is a corporation, it is a corporation of this Commonwealth or a foreign corporation that has a certificate of authority to transact business in this Commonwealth; and (iv) the applicant has <span class=\"dictionary\">assets<\/span> equal to or greater than its liabilities and has working capital sufficient for the operation of its business.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINVESTIGATION OF APPLICANT; ISSUANCE OF LICENSE (\u00a7 38.2-4702)\n\nUpon the filing of an application and the payment of the application fee, the\nCommission shall make an investigation of the applicant. The Commission shall\nissue a license, expiring on June 30 immediately following the date of issuance,\nif it finds that (i) the application is in proper form and the required fee has\nbeen paid; (ii) the financial responsibility, experience, character, and general\nfitness of the applicant indicate that the business will be operated lawfully,\nhonestly, fairly and efficiently within the purpose of this chapter, the same\ncriteria being applicable to members of the applicant if the applicant is a\npartnership or association and to officers and directors of the applicant if the\napplicant is a corporation; (iii) if the applicant is a corporation, it is a\ncorporation of this Commonwealth or a foreign corporation that has a certificate\nof authority to transact business in this Commonwealth; and (iv) the applicant\nhas assets equal to or greater than its liabilities and has working capital\nsufficient for the operation of its business.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 147, \u00a7 38.1-737; 1981, c. 107; 1986, c. 562.","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"}}