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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. 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 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1425119,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358162,"identifier":"3.2-5817","token":"3.2\/IV\/58\/3.2-5817","url":"\/3.2-5817\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5817\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/58\/3.2-5817","dublin_core":{"Title":"Suspension or revocation of license","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5817","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner<\/span> is authorized to suspend or revoke the license of any licensed public weighmaster: (i) when he is satisfied, after a hearing<\/span> upon 10 days’ notice to the licensee, that the said licensee has violated any provision of this chapter or of any regulation of the Commissioner<\/span> affecting licensed public weighmasters; or (ii) when a licensed public weighmaster has been convicted in any appropriate court<\/span> of violating any provision of this chapter or of any regulation issued under authority of this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE (\u00a7 3.2-5817)\n\nThe Commissioner is authorized to suspend or revoke the license of any licensed\npublic weighmaster: (i) when he is satisfied, after a hearing upon 10\ndays’ notice to the licensee, that the said licensee has violated any\nprovision of this chapter or of any regulation of the Commissioner affecting\nlicensed public weighmasters; or (ii) when a licensed public weighmaster has\nbeen convicted in any appropriate court of violating any provision of this\nchapter or of any regulation issued under authority of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-709.18; 1962, c. 126; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-987; 2008,\nc. 860.","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"}}