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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0729\">729<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0758\">758<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":371171,"section_number":"58.1-2201","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-2201\/"},{"id":371247,"section_number":"58.1-2275","catch_line":"Record-keeping requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-2275\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1482535,"object_type":"law","relational_id":371215,"identifier":"58.1-2244","token":"58.1\/II\/22\/5\/58.1-2244","url":"\/58.1-2244\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-2244\/","token":"58.1\/II\/22\/5\/58.1-2244","dublin_core":{"Title":"Persons required to be licensed","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-2244","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> shall obtain a license before conducting the activities of:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">provider of alternative fuel<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-1384568\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2244\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">bulk user of alternative fuel<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-1384569\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2244\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">retailer of alternative fuel<\/span>; or <a id=\"paragraph-1384570\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2244\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> who fuels his <span class=\"dictionary\">highway vehicle<\/span> from his private source, if the <span class=\"dictionary\">alternative fuels<\/span> tax on alternative fuel used in the vehicle has not been paid. <a id=\"paragraph-1384571\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-2244\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERSONS REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED (\u00a7 58.1-2244)\n\nA person shall obtain a license before conducting the activities of:\n\n1. A provider of alternative fuel;\n\n2. A bulk user of alternative fuel;\n\n3. A retailer of alternative fuel; or\n\n4. A person who fuels his highway vehicle from his private source, if the\nalternative fuels tax on alternative fuel used in the vehicle has not been paid.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, cc. 729, 758.","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"}}