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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 711 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2003, chapter 1003<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":66559,"section_number":"32.1-224","catch_line":"Administration and enforcement by Commissioner; refusal, suspension or revocation of license or permit","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-224\/"}],"permalink":{"id":204011,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79995,"identifier":"32.1-222","token":"32.1\/6\/7\/32.1-222","url":"\/32.1-222\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-222\/","token":"32.1\/6\/7\/32.1-222","dublin_core":{"Title":"Return of improperly tagged items; payment of costs of return; failure to pay costs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-222","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon a complaint made to the Commissioner<\/span> as provided in \u00a7 32.1-224<\/a>, the Commissioner<\/span> may order<\/span> the return of any item of bedding<\/span> or upholstered furniture<\/span> or any filling material<\/span> made, remade, renovated, reupholstered, prepared, processed, tagged or not tagged in violation of the provisions of this article to the manufacturer or importer<\/span> thereof. The manufacturer or importer<\/span> shall be liable to the person<\/span> returning such item for the costs of crating, shipping and the invoice price to the purchaser. Failure of a manufacturer or importer<\/span> to pay such costs to the person<\/span> returning such item shall be grounds for revocation<\/span> or suspension of a license issued pursuant to this article.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRETURN OF IMPROPERLY TAGGED ITEMS; PAYMENT OF COSTS OF RETURN; FAILURE TO PAY\nCOSTS (\u00a7 32.1-222)\n\nUpon a complaint made to the Commissioner as provided in \u00a7 32.1-224, the\nCommissioner may order the return of any item of bedding or upholstered\nfurniture or any filling material made, remade, renovated, reupholstered,\nprepared, processed, tagged or not tagged in violation of the provisions of this\narticle to the manufacturer or importer thereof. The manufacturer or importer\nshall be liable to the person returning such item for the costs of crating,\nshipping and the invoice price to the purchaser. Failure of a manufacturer or\nimporter to pay such costs to the person returning such item shall be grounds\nfor revocation or suspension of a license issued pursuant to this article.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 711; 2003, c. 1003.","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}}