3.2-4904 - Registration fees; terms of registration; renewal of registration.

§ 3.2-4904. Registration fees; terms of registration; renewal of registration.

A. The Commissioner shall, before issuing a certificate of registration forany animal remedy, collect from the applicant for such certificate aregistration fee of $25 for each separate animal remedy registered. When ananimal remedy has been registered and the registration fee paid by themanufacturer or distributor, no other person shall be required to pay suchfee.

B. The registrant shall pay a registration fee for the registration year ofJanuary 1 through December 31. Each registration shall expire on December 31of the year for which it is issued. A registration is valid through January31 of the next ensuing year or until the issuance of the renewalregistration, whichever event occurs first, so long as the holder of theregistration has filed a renewal application with the Commissioner on orbefore December 31 of the year for which the current registration was issuedand has paid the registration fee to the Commissioner. The granting ofregistration does not constitute the Commissioner's recommendation orendorsement of the animal remedy.

C. If the Commissioner identifies any unregistered animal remedy in commercein the Commonwealth during the registration year, the Commissioner shall givethe person who is required to register the animal remedy, a grace period of15 working days from issuance of notification to register the animal remedy.Any person required to register an animal remedy who fails to register theanimal remedy within the grace period shall pay to the Commissioner a $50late fee in addition to the registration fee. The Commissioner may issue astop sale, use, removal, or seizure order upon any animal remedy until theregistration is issued.

(Code 1950, § 3-646.12; 1956, c. 517; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-842; 1994, c. 910;2008, c. 860.)