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However, a retailer may sell, give away, or rent used upholstered furniture when the used upholstered furniture has been purchased by the retailer as new furniture and has been used in the course of business. Such used furniture shall be (i) conspicuously identified as used furniture and (ii) reduced in price, sold at auction, donated to charity, or made available for a rental fee, and so tagged.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":234370,"text":"No person engaged in commerce shall rent, offer or expose for sale, barter, give away, or dispose of in any other commercial manner any article of bedding or upholstered furniture made, remade, reupholstered, or renovated in violation of \u00a7 32.1-213 or 32.1-214 or any secondhand article of bedding or upholstered furniture unless since last used such secondhand article has been sanitized by a reasonable process approved by the Commissioner. However, a retailer may sell, give away, or rent used upholstered furniture when the used upholstered furniture has been purchased by the retailer as new furniture and has been used in the course of business. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1952, chapter 530; in 1956, chapter 530; in 1979, chapter 711; in 2005, chapter 391<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70534,"section_number":"32.1-213","catch_line":"Shoddy, secondhand filling material, feathers, animal hair and down to be sanitized","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-213\/"},{"id":77514,"section_number":"32.1-214","catch_line":"New animal hair, feathers and down to be sterilized","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-214\/"}],"permalink":{"id":203983,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64399,"identifier":"32.1-215","token":"32.1\/6\/7\/32.1-215","url":"\/32.1-215\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-215\/","token":"32.1\/6\/7\/32.1-215","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disposal restricted","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-215","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No person<\/span> engaged in commerce shall rent, offer or expose for sale, barter, give away, or dispose of in any other commercial manner any article of bedding<\/span> or upholstered furniture<\/span> made, remade, reupholstered, or renovated in violation of \u00a7 32.1-213<\/a> or 32.1-214<\/a> or any secondhand<\/span> article of bedding<\/span> or upholstered furniture<\/span> unless since last used such secondhand<\/span> article has been sanitized by a reasonable process approved by the Commissioner<\/span>. However, a retailer may sell, give away, or rent used upholstered furniture<\/span> when the used upholstered furniture<\/span> has been purchased by the retailer as new<\/span> furniture and has been used in the course of business. Such used furniture shall be (i) conspicuously identified as used furniture and (ii) reduced in price, sold at auction, donated to charity, or made available for a rental fee, and so tagged.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISPOSAL RESTRICTED (\u00a7 32.1-215)\n\nNo person engaged in commerce shall rent, offer or expose for sale, barter, give\naway, or dispose of in any other commercial manner any article of bedding or\nupholstered furniture made, remade, reupholstered, or renovated in violation of\n\u00a7 32.1-213 or 32.1-214 or any secondhand article of bedding or upholstered\nfurniture unless since last used such secondhand article has been sanitized by a\nreasonable process approved by the Commissioner. However, a retailer may sell,\ngive away, or rent used upholstered furniture when the used upholstered\nfurniture has been purchased by the retailer as new furniture and has been used\nin the course of business. Such used furniture shall be (i) conspicuously\nidentified as used furniture and (ii) reduced in price, sold at auction, donated\nto charity, or made available for a rental fee, and so tagged.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-119; 1952, c. 530; 1956, c. 530; 1979, c. 711; 2005,\nc. 391.","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}}