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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1958, chapter 541; in 1989, chapter 727; in 2020, chapter 393<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70555,"section_number":"46.2-1002","catch_line":"Illegal possession or sale of certain unapproved equipment","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1002\/"}],"permalink":{"id":228623,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71468,"identifier":"46.2-1004","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/1\/46.2-1004","url":"\/46.2-1004\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1004\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/1\/46.2-1004","dublin_core":{"Title":"Trademark or name and instructions required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1004","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each device or other equipment mentioned in \u00a7 46.2-1002<\/a> and offered for sale in the Commonwealth shall bear a trademark or name or be identified in keeping with the Superintendent<\/span>’s regulations and shall be accompanied by printed instructions as to the proper mounting, use, and candlepower or lumens of any bulbs to be used therewith and any particular methods of mounting or adjustments necessary to meet the requirements of this title and any regulation of the Superintendent<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRADEMARK OR NAME AND INSTRUCTIONS REQUIRED (\u00a7 46.2-1004)\n\nEach device or other equipment mentioned in \u00a7 46.2-1002 and offered for sale in\nthe Commonwealth shall bear a trademark or name or be identified in keeping with\nthe Superintendent’s regulations and shall be accompanied by printed\ninstructions as to the proper mounting, use, and candlepower or lumens of any\nbulbs to be used therewith and any particular methods of mounting or adjustments\nnecessary to meet the requirements of this title and any regulation of the\nSuperintendent.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-312; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-309; 1989, c. 727; 2020, c.\n393.","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}}