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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 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 1988, chapter 765.<\/p>","references":[{"id":56271,"section_number":"54.1-4109","catch_line":"Exemptions from chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-4109\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":244541,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68285,"identifier":"54.1-4103","token":"54.1\/V\/41\/54.1-4103","url":"\/54.1-4103\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-4103\/","token":"54.1\/V\/41\/54.1-4103","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibited purchases","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-4103","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> No <span class=\"dictionary\">dealer<\/span> shall purchase <span class=\"dictionary\">precious metals<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">gems<\/span> from any seller who is under the age of eighteen. <a id=\"paragraph-247055\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-4103\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> No <span class=\"dictionary\">dealer<\/span> shall purchase <span class=\"dictionary\">precious metals<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">gems<\/span> from any seller who the <span class=\"dictionary\">dealer<\/span> believes or has reason to believe is not the owner of such items, unless the seller has written and duly authenticated authorization from the owner permitting and directing such sale. <a id=\"paragraph-247056\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-4103\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITED PURCHASES (\u00a7 54.1-4103)\n\nA. No dealer shall purchase precious metals or gems from any seller who is under\nthe age of eighteen.\n\nB. No dealer shall purchase precious metals or gems from any seller who the\ndealer believes or has reason to believe is not the owner of such items, unless\nthe seller has written and duly authenticated authorization from the owner\npermitting and directing such sale.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 581, \u00a7 54-859.18; 1988, c. 765.","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}}