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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>357859</law_id><section_number>3.2-4754</section_number><catch_line>License required; application for license or renewal</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="3" identifier="4">Dealers in Grain Products</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No person shall act as a <span class="dictionary">grain dealer</span> without first having obtained a license. <a id="paragraph-1331688" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4754/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Every <span class="dictionary">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 <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>. The application shall be on a form furnished by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> and shall contain the following information and such other relevant information as the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall require: <a id="paragraph-1331689" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4754/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">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; <a id="paragraph-1331690" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4754/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The kinds of grain the applicant proposes to handle; and <a id="paragraph-1331691" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4754/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The type of grain business proposed to be conducted. <a id="paragraph-1331692" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4754/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1972, c. 296, &#xA7;&#xA7; 3.1-722.17, 3.1-722.18; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
