{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-54.1-703","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 54.1-703","heading":"License required","body":"No person shall offer to engage in or engage in barbering, cosmetology, nail care, waxing, tattooing, body-piercing, ear-piercing, or esthetics without a valid license issued by the Board, except as provided in § 54.1-701.1979, c. 408, § 54-83.22:1; 1988, c. 765; 2000, c. 726; 2002, cc. 797, 869; 2003, c. 600; 2005, c. 829; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2025, cc. 308, 322.","path":["Title 54.1. Professions and Occupations","Subtitle II. Professions and Occupations Regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Boards Within the Department","Chapter 7. Barbers and Cosmetologists"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/54.1-703/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:24Z","sha256":"7aecc19c0e925da9abf86da1580fc088aebe43af1fb7be53ca4e94d54e21ea7e","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-54.1-702","next":"us-va/va.-code-54.1-703.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}