§ 3.2-4721 Investigation of transactions by Commissioner
The Commissioner, upon the verified complaint of any interested party shall, or upon his own motion may, investigate:
1. Any transaction involving solicitation, receipt, sale, or attempted sale of farm products by any person acting or attempting to act as a commission merchant;
2. The failure of any commission merchant to make proper and true account of sales and settlement as required in this article;
3. Any transaction in which produce consigned to a commission merchant is disposed of to a person composed substantially of the same persons as stockholders, members, or others, who compose the commission merchant;
4. The intentional making of false statements by a commission merchant as to condition, grade, or quality of any farm products received or in storage;
5. The intentional making of false statements by a commission merchant as to market condition;
6. The failure of any commission merchant to make payment for farm products within the time required by this article; or
7. Any other injurious transaction arising out of the sale of farm produce on commission.
History
The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1966, chapter 702; in 2008, chapter 860.
Code 1950, § 3-544; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-702; 2008, c. 860.