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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 576<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":251923,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77549,"identifier":"57-61.2","token":"57\/5\/57-61.2","url":"\/57-61.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/57-61.2\/","token":"57\/5\/57-61.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commercial co-ventures","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 57-61.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No commercial co-venturer<\/span> shall conduct any charitable sales promotion<\/span> in the Commonwealth on behalf of a charitable or civic organization<\/span> unless the charitable or civic organization<\/span> is duly registered or granted the appropriate exempt status as provided by this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Prior to any charitable sales promotion<\/span> in the Commonwealth, the commercial co-venturer<\/span> shall have a written agreement with the charitable or civic organization<\/span> on whose behalf the charitable sales promotion<\/span> is to be conducted. Such agreement shall be signed by an authorized representative of the commercial co-venturer<\/span> and two officers of the charitable or civic organization<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The commercial co-venturer<\/span> shall maintain all records in connection with the charitable sales promotion<\/span> for a period of three years after the end date of the charitable sales promotion<\/span>. All such records shall be made available to the Commissioner<\/span> upon request. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMERCIAL CO-VENTURES (\u00a7 57-61.2)\n\nA. No commercial co-venturer shall conduct any charitable sales promotion in the\nCommonwealth on behalf of a charitable or civic organization unless the\ncharitable or civic organization is duly registered or granted the appropriate\nexempt status as provided by this chapter.\n\nB. Prior to any charitable sales promotion in the Commonwealth, the commercial\nco-venturer shall have a written agreement with the charitable or civic\norganization on whose behalf the charitable sales promotion is to be conducted.\nSuch agreement shall be signed by an authorized representative of the commercial\nco-venturer and two officers of the charitable or civic organization.\n\nC. The commercial co-venturer shall maintain all records in connection with the\ncharitable sales promotion for a period of three years after the end date of the\ncharitable sales promotion. All such records shall be made available to the\nCommissioner upon request.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 576.","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}}