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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1968, chapter 439; in 2011, chapter 836<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":58819,"section_number":"59.1-117","catch_line":"Permit required for trading in secondhand building fixtures","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-117\/"}],"permalink":{"id":263155,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85502,"identifier":"59.1-122","token":"59.1\/9\/1\/59.1-122","url":"\/59.1-122\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-122\/","token":"59.1\/9\/1\/59.1-122","dublin_core":{"Title":"Books and places of business open to inspection","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-122","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The books required by this article to be kept, and the places of business of all persons<\/span> engaged in the acquiring, selling, receiving, or purchasing of the articles mentioned in \u00a7 59.1-117<\/a>, shall at all reasonable times be open to the inspection of any police officer, sheriff, or deputy of the county, city, or town in which such place of business is located.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOOKS AND PLACES OF BUSINESS OPEN TO INSPECTION (\u00a7 59.1-122)\n\nThe books required by this article to be kept, and the places of business of all\npersons engaged in the acquiring, selling, receiving, or purchasing of the\narticles mentioned in \u00a7 59.1-117, shall at all reasonable times be open to the\ninspection of any police officer, sheriff, or deputy of the county, city, or\ntown in which such place of business is located.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 59-150; 1968, c. 439; 2011, c. 836.","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}}