Virginia Law

A. When the Commission determines that an application is complete, the Commission shall promptly notify the applicant in a record of the date on which the application is determined to be complete, and shall approve or deny the application within 120 days after the completion date. If the application is not approved or denied within 120 days after the completion date, the application shall be deemed approved and the license shall take effect as of the first business day after expiration of the 120-day period. The Commission may for good cause extend the application period.

B. A determination by the Commission that an application is complete and is accepted for processing means only that the application, on its face, appears to include all of the items, including the criminal background check response from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and address all of the matters that are required and is not an assessment of the substance of the application or of the sufficiency of the information provided.

C. When an application is filed and considered complete under this section, the Commission shall investigate the financial condition and responsibility, financial and business experience, competence, character, and general fitness of the applicant, each key individual, and each person in control of the applicant. The Commission may conduct an on-site investigation of the applicant, the reasonable cost of which the applicant shall pay. The Commission shall issue a license to an applicant if the Commission finds that (i) the applicant, each key individual, and each person in control of the applicant have complied with §§ 6.2-1931 and 6.2-1932; (ii) the applicant meets the requirements in §§ 6.2-1950, 6.2-1951, and 6.2-1952; and (iii) the financial condition and responsibility, financial and business experience, competence, character, and general fitness of the applicant and the competence, experience, character, and general fitness of the key individuals and persons in control of the applicant indicate that it is in the interest of the public to permit the applicant to engage in money transmission.

D. If an applicant avails itself or is otherwise subject to a multistate licensing process, (i) the Commission may accept the investigation results of a lead investigative state for the purpose of subsection C if the Commission finds that the lead investigative state has sufficient staffing, expertise, and minimum standards or (ii) if the Commonwealth is a lead investigative state, the Commission may investigate the applicant pursuant to subsection C and the timeframes established by agreement through the multistate licensing process, provided, however, that in no case shall such timeframe be noncompliant with the application period established in subsection A.

E. The Commission shall issue a formal written notice of the denial of a license application within 30 days of the decision to deny the application. The Commission shall set forth in the notice of denial the specific reasons for the denial of the application. An applicant whose application is denied by the Commission under this subsection may appeal in accordance with applicable law.

F. The initial license term shall begin on the day the application is approved. The license shall expire on December 31 of the year in which the license term began, unless the initial license date is between November 1 and December 31, in which instance the initial license term shall run through December 31 of the following year.

2025, c. 214.