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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>372288</law_id><section_number>58.1-4117</section_number><catch_line>Acquisition of interest in licensee or permit holder</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="125" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="IV">Other Sources of State Revenue</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="41">Casino Gaming</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="5" identifier="5">Suspension and Revocation of Licenses and Supplier's Permits; Acquisition of Interest in Licensee or Holder of Supplier's Permit</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall require any <span class="dictionary">person</span> desiring to become a <span class="dictionary">principal</span> of, or other investor in, any <span class="dictionary">licensee</span> or holder of a <span class="dictionary">supplier</span>&#x2019;s permit to apply to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> for approval and may demand such information of the applicant as it finds necessary. The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall consider such application within 60 days of its receipt, and if in its <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> the acquisition by the applicant would be detrimental to the public interest, to the honesty and integrity of <span class="dictionary">gaming operations</span>, or to its reputation, the application shall be denied. All reasonable costs for review by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall be borne by the applicant.</p></section></text><history>2020, cc. 1197, 1248.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
