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It shall be unlawful for such dealer or salesman to pay, or cause to be paid, any commission or compensation in any form whatsoever to any person in connection with the sale of a watercraft, unless such person is duly licensed as a salesman in the employ of such dealer.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1329351,"text":"It shall be unlawful for any watercraft dealer or salesman licensed under the provisions of this chapter, directly or indirectly, to solicit the sale of a watercraft through a pecuniarily interested person. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 592 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. 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It shall be unlawful for such dealer or <span class=\"dictionary\">salesman<\/span> to pay, or cause to be paid, any commission or compensation in any form whatsoever to any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> in connection with the sale of a watercraft, unless such <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> is duly licensed as a <span class=\"dictionary\">salesman<\/span> in the employ of such dealer.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITED SOLICITATION AND COMPENSATION (\u00a7 29.1-827)\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any watercraft dealer or salesman licensed under the\nprovisions of this chapter, directly or indirectly, to solicit the sale of a\nwatercraft through a pecuniarily interested person. It shall be unlawful for\nsuch dealer or salesman to pay, or cause to be paid, any commission or\ncompensation in any form whatsoever to any person in connection with the sale of\na watercraft, unless such person is duly licensed as a salesman in the employ of\nsuch dealer.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 592.","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"}}