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ronertv bail bondsman. or suretv bail bondsman. as those terms are defined in 0.1-185 of the • Code of Virginia °Contractor shall have the meaning prescribed in Virginia Code ceetion 58 .1 3 714 58.1- 3714(D), - 3714 D , whether such work is done or offered to be done by day labor, general contract or subcontract. Sec. 14-3. License required; requiring evidence of payment of business license, personal property, meals and other taxes. (a).... 5(b)No business license under this chapter shall be issued until the applicant has produced satisfactory evidence that all delinquent business license, personal property, meals, transient occupancy, severance and admissions andaily ilyr-ental taxes owed by the business to the city have been paid. (1)The city shall not deny a business license to any person, solely on the grounds that such person has failed to pay taxes, penalties and interest due to the city, as may be applicable, when and to the extent that such taxes, penalties and interest are the subject of a pending, bona fide: (i) application for correction of an assessment of taxes; (ii) appeal of a local tax, local business tax, or local license tax; or (iii) appeal by the city of a correction of assessment of local taxes. (2)Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require the issuance by the city of any local vehicle license that has been withheld for non-payment of personal property taxes. • 6(c)No business license under this chapter shall be issued to any property bail bondsman unless and until (i) prior to July 1, 2005, the applicant shall produce a certificate from the judge of the circuit court of the county or city in which he conducts the business of a property bail bondsman, or in which he desires to conduct such business (a license granted to a property bail bondsman in any such county or city shall authorize such person to enter into such bonds in any other county or city), or (ii) effective on or after July 1 2005, the applicant shall produce a valid bail bondsman license issued by the Department of Criminal Justice Services; provided however, that any bail bondsman who, prior to July 1, 2004 obtained the certificate referenced in (i) above, and such certificate and right to act as a property bail bondsman remains in full force and effect, such certificate shall be sufficient evidence of the state approval prerequisite to issuance of a city business license. No property bail bondsman or his agent shall enter into any bond or bonds within the city until he has obtained a city business license, as required by subsection (a) above, or unless he holds a valid business license issued by another city or county in which he engages in the business of property bail bonding. The failure of any property bail bondsman to comply with the requirements of this subsection shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor, and in addition to any criminal penalty to which it may be entitled, the City may revoke any business license issued by it to such person. 4 Va. Code §58.1-3714 • s Va. Code §58.1-3700; 58.1-3994 6 Va. Code §58.1-3724 Page 2 of 14