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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>357817</law_id><section_number>3.2-4712</section_number><catch_line>Fee and bond to accompany license</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="5" identifier="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="III">Production and Sale of Agricultural Products</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="15" identifier="47">Sale of Farm Produce</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Commission Merchants</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Applications shall be accompanied by a license fee of $10, and a good and sufficient <span class="dictionary">bond</span>, approved by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>, in the amount of $3,000 for all applications other than for livestock auction markets, in which case the application, together with the fee, shall be accompanied by a <span class="dictionary">bond</span> in the sum of $5,000, when the average daily gross commission business is $5,000 or less, with $1,000 added to the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> for each additional $5,000 average daily gross commission business done for the previous year with a maximum <span class="dictionary">bond</span> of $10,000 that entitles the applicant to a license to expire on December 31.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 3-538; 1952, c. 387; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7; 3.1-696; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
