Stafford County, VA Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)

The county's fire prevention code amendments, adopted at Section 12-62, name the county fire marshal's office as the permit authority having jurisdiction over mobile food preparation vehicles. 1 states that the enforcing agent of the MFPV permit requirement is the fire marshal's office, and it allows the county to recognize a permit already issued by the State fire marshal's office or another Virginia locality's fire marshal's office, but only where the county fire marshal's office approves the recognition; regardless of who issued the permit, MFPVs remain subject to inspection at any time.

00, issued either per event, capped at 90 days, or annually, and applies specifically to vehicles equipped with appliances producing smoke or grease-laden vapors, exempting recreational vehicles used for private recreation. 12 requires that any outdoor commercial cooking with deep fat fryers, woks used for deep frying, or similar devices producing grease-laden vapors be conducted inside a mobile food preparation vehicle fitted with a vented hood and an approved fire suppression system, or in a cooking tent meeting the code's tent provisions. These amendments sit on top of the base Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code, 2018 Edition, adopted at Section 12-60, which the county enforces countywide.