The governing body of any county having a population of less than 41,000 and adjoining a city of more than 230,000 population and of any county having a population of more than 70,000, and adjoining 4 cities in this Commonwealth may by resolution provide for the creation of a department of license inspection with a license inspector in charge of such department. The license inspector shall be appointed by the governing body of the county. The license inspector shall enforce the ordinance of the county with regard to licenses and license taxes, review any and all records of the commissioner of revenue, other than income tax returns, and examine and audit the books of all persons, firms and corporations whom he has reasonable cause to believe are liable for payment of any license levied by the county. The license inspector shall be paid a salary for his services to be fixed by the governing body. The governing body of the county may employ any such person as it deems necessary for the operation of such department and may make such rules and regulations as it deems expedient for the operation of such department.
Code 1950, § 58-266.6; 1956, c. 57; 1962, c. 490; 1984, c. 675.
Structure Code of Virginia
§ 58.1-3701. Department to promulgate guidelines
§ 58.1-3702. Authority of counties, cities and towns
§ 58.1-3703.1. Uniform ordinance provisions
§ 58.1-3703.2. Acceptable identification for business licenses
§ 58.1-3704. License tax on merchants in lieu of merchants' capital tax
§ 58.1-3705. License tax shall be uniform
§ 58.1-3706. Limitation on rate of license taxes
§ 58.1-3708. Situs for local license taxation of businesses, professions, occupations, etc.
§ 58.1-3709. Business located in more than one jurisdiction
§ 58.1-3710. Proration of license taxes
§ 58.1-3711. Limitation on county license tax within boundary of a town
§ 58.1-3712. Counties and cities authorized to levy severance tax on gases
§ 58.1-3713. Local gas road improvement and Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority tax
§ 58.1-3713.4. Additional one percent tax on gas
§ 58.1-3715. License requirements for contractors
§ 58.1-3715.1. License requirements for mobile food units
§ 58.1-3716. Wholesale merchants
§ 58.1-3717. Peddlers; itinerant merchants
§ 58.1-3718. Counties, cities and towns authorized to levy a license tax on peddlers at wholesale
§ 58.1-3719.1. Direct sellers; rate limitation
§ 58.1-3720. Amusement machines; gross receipts tax on amusement operators
§ 58.1-3721. License exemptions for coin machine operators
§ 58.1-3722. Stickers to evidence payment of tax
§ 58.1-3726. Fortune-tellers, clairvoyants and practitioners of palmistry
§ 58.1-3728. Carnivals, circuses, speedways; penalties; certain restrictions
§ 58.1-3729. Permanent coliseums, arenas or auditoriums; limitations
§ 58.1-3730. Savings institutions and credit unions; limitations
§ 58.1-3730.1. Industrial loan associations and agricultural credit associations; limitations
§ 58.1-3731. Certain public service corporations; rate limitation
§ 58.1-3732. Exclusions and deductions from "gross receipts."
§ 58.1-3732.1. Limitation on gross receipts; pari-mutuel wagering
§ 58.1-3732.2. Limitation on gross receipts
§ 58.1-3732.3. Limitation on gross receipts of providers of funeral services
§ 58.1-3732.4. Limitation on gross receipts; staffing firms
§ 58.1-3732.5. Limitation on gross receipts of security brokers and dealers
§ 58.1-3733. License tax on commission merchants
§ 58.1-3734. License tax on motor vehicle dealers
§ 58.1-3734.1. Sales involving trade-ins
§ 58.1-3735. Departments of license inspection in certain counties