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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 358; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":165537,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80923,"identifier":"18.2-116","token":"18.2\/5\/4\/18.2-116","url":"\/18.2-116\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-116\/","token":"18.2\/5\/4\/18.2-116","dublin_core":{"Title":"Failure to pay for or return goods delivered for selection or approval","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-116","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any person shall solicit and obtain from any merchant any goods, wares or merchandise for examination or approval, and shall thereafter, upon written demand, refuse or fail to return the same to such merchant in unused condition, or to pay for the same, such person so offending shall be deemed guilty of the larceny<\/span> thereof. But the provisions of this section shall not apply unless such written demand be made within five days after delivery, and unless the goods, wares or merchandise shall have attached to them or to the package in which they are contained a label, card or tag containing the words, “Delivered for selection or approval.”<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFAILURE TO PAY FOR OR RETURN GOODS DELIVERED FOR SELECTION OR APPROVAL (\u00a7\n18.2-116)\n\nIf any person shall solicit and obtain from any merchant any goods, wares or\nmerchandise for examination or approval, and shall thereafter, upon written\ndemand, refuse or fail to return the same to such merchant in unused condition,\nor to pay for the same, such person so offending shall be deemed guilty of the\nlarceny thereof. But the provisions of this section shall not apply unless such\nwritten demand be made within five days after delivery, and unless the goods,\nwares or merchandise shall have attached to them or to the package in which they\nare contained a label, card or tag containing the words, “Delivered for\nselection or approval.”\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-117; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}