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The description shall include all names, initials, serial numbers, or other identifying marks or monograms on each item purchased, the true weight or carat of any gem, and the price paid for each item;2\n\nThe date, time, and place of receiving the items purchased;3\n\nThe full name, residence address, work place, home and work telephone numbers, date of birth, sex, race, height, weight, hair and eye color, and other identifying marks of the person selling the precious metals or gems;4\n\nVerification of the identification by the exhibition of an unexpired government-issued identification card bearing the current legal address and a photograph of the person selling the precious metals or gems, such as a driver’s license or military identification card. If the government-issued identification card does not bear the current legal address, the person shall present other documentation verifying his current legal address. The record shall contain the type of identification exhibited, the issuing agency, and the number thereon;5\n\nA statement of ownership from the seller; and6\n\nA digital image of the form of identification used by the person involved in the transaction.B\n\nThe information required by subdivisions A 1 through A 3 shall appear on each bill of sale for all precious metals and gems purchased by a dealer, and a copy shall be mailed or delivered within 24 hours of the time of purchase to the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality in which the purchase was made.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":305797,"text":"Every dealer shall keep at his place of business an accurate and legible record of each purchase of precious metals or gems. 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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 581 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 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1986, chapter 316; in 1988, chapter 765; in 1990, chapter 783; in 1991, chapter 174; in 2013, chapter 262<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 457<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":244529,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85357,"identifier":"54.1-4101","token":"54.1\/V\/41\/54.1-4101","url":"\/54.1-4101\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-4101\/","token":"54.1\/V\/41\/54.1-4101","dublin_core":{"Title":"Records to be kept; copy furnished to local authorities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-4101","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Every dealer<\/span> shall keep at his place of business an accurate and legible record of each purchase of precious metals<\/span> or gems<\/span>. The record of each purchase shall be retained by the dealer<\/span> for at least 24 months and shall set forth the following: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> A complete description of all precious metals<\/span> or gems<\/span> purchased from each seller. The description shall include all names, initials, serial numbers, or other identifying marks or monograms on each item purchased, the true weight or carat of any gem, and the price paid for each item; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The date, time, and place of receiving the items purchased; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The full name, residence address, work place, home and work telephone numbers, date of birth, sex, race, height, weight, hair and eye color, and other identifying marks of the person selling the precious metals<\/span> or gems<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Verification of the identification by the exhibition of an unexpired government-issued identification card bearing the current legal address and a photograph of the person selling the precious metals<\/span> or gems<\/span>, such as a driver’s license or military identification card. If the government-issued identification card does not bear the current legal address, the person shall present other documentation verifying his current legal address. The record shall contain the type of identification exhibited, the issuing agency, and the number thereon; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> A statement of ownership from the seller; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> A digital image of the form of identification used by the person involved in the transaction. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The information required by subdivisions A 1 through A 3 shall appear on each bill of sale for all precious metals<\/span> and gems<\/span> purchased by a dealer<\/span>, and a copy shall be mailed or delivered within 24 hours of the time of purchase to the chief law<\/span>-enforcement officer of the locality in which the purchase was made. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECORDS TO BE KEPT; COPY FURNISHED TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES (\u00a7 54.1-4101)\n\nA. Every dealer shall keep at his place of business an accurate and legible\nrecord of each purchase of precious metals or gems. The record of each purchase\nshall be retained by the dealer for at least 24 months and shall set forth the\nfollowing:\n\n 1. A complete description of all precious metals or gems purchased from each\n seller. The description shall include all names, initials, serial numbers, or\n other identifying marks or monograms on each item purchased, the true weight\n or carat of any gem, and the price paid for each item;\n\n 2. The date, time, and place of receiving the items purchased;\n\n 3. The full name, residence address, work place, home and work telephone\n numbers, date of birth, sex, race, height, weight, hair and eye color, and\n other identifying marks of the person selling the precious metals or gems;\n\n 4. Verification of the identification by the exhibition of an unexpired\n government-issued identification card bearing the current legal address and a\n photograph of the person selling the precious metals or gems, such as a\n driver’s license or military identification card. If the\n government-issued identification card does not bear the current legal address,\n the person shall present other documentation verifying his current legal\n address. The record shall contain the type of identification exhibited, the\n issuing agency, and the number thereon;\n\n 5. A statement of ownership from the seller; and\n\n 6. A digital image of the form of identification used by the person involved\n in the transaction.\n\nB. The information required by subdivisions A 1 through A 3 shall appear on each\nbill of sale for all precious metals and gems purchased by a dealer, and a copy\nshall be mailed or delivered within 24 hours of the time of purchase to the\nchief law-enforcement officer of the locality in which the purchase was made.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 581, \u00a7 54-859.16; 1986, c. 316; 1988, c. 765; 1990, c. 783;\n1991, c. 174; 2013, c. 262; 2019, c. 457.","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}}