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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 614; in 1968, chapter 439; in 2011, chapter 836<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":56715,"section_number":"59.1-126","catch_line":"Receipt or bill of sale to be taken by buyer; sales procedures","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-126\/"},{"id":73801,"section_number":"59.1-127","catch_line":"Violation of \u00a7 59.1-125 or \u00a7 59.1-126 a misdemeanor; revocation of dealer's license","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-127\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":54685,"section_number":"59.1-128","catch_line":"When unlawful to buy, exchange, etc., secondhand copper or aluminum wire","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-128\/"}],"permalink":{"id":263169,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87203,"identifier":"59.1-125","token":"59.1\/9\/2\/59.1-125","url":"\/59.1-125\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-125\/","token":"59.1\/9\/2\/59.1-125","dublin_core":{"Title":"When unlawful to buy","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-125","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to barter, purchase, exchange, or buy from any person whomsoever, except plumbers, the owner of buildings from which the material<\/span> is taken, railroad, coal mining, industrial, manufacturing and public utility companies, or the authorized agents of such companies, lawful owners and junk dealers, licensed in this Commonwealth, any secondhand steel, copper, copper wire, aluminum, aluminum wire, brass, brass bearings or fittings, electric light or gas fixtures, locks or other builders hardware, plumbing fixtures, bell or bell fixtures, lead or brass water pipes or any part of such fixtures or pipes, or any wire, cable, lead, solder, copper, iron or brass used by or belonging to a railroad, telephone, telegraph, coal mining, industrial, manufacturing or public utility company; provided that this section shall not apply to any person, firm or corporation which shall barter, purchase, exchange, buy or accept any secondhand grooved or figure-eight copper trolley wire, bare or insulated heavy stranded copper or aluminum feeder wire, high voltage copper or aluminum transmission wire, or bare or insulated mining machine copper cables, but \u00a7 59.1-128<\/a> shall be applicable thereto.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN UNLAWFUL TO BUY (\u00a7 59.1-125)\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to barter, purchase,\nexchange, or buy from any person whomsoever, except plumbers, the owner of\nbuildings from which the material is taken, railroad, coal mining, industrial,\nmanufacturing and public utility companies, or the authorized agents of such\ncompanies, lawful owners and junk dealers, licensed in this Commonwealth, any\nsecondhand steel, copper, copper wire, aluminum, aluminum wire, brass, brass\nbearings or fittings, electric light or gas fixtures, locks or other builders\nhardware, plumbing fixtures, bell or bell fixtures, lead or brass water pipes or\nany part of such fixtures or pipes, or any wire, cable, lead, solder, copper,\niron or brass used by or belonging to a railroad, telephone, telegraph, coal\nmining, industrial, manufacturing or public utility company; provided that this\nsection shall not apply to any person, firm or corporation which shall barter,\npurchase, exchange, buy or accept any secondhand grooved or figure-eight copper\ntrolley wire, bare or insulated heavy stranded copper or aluminum feeder wire,\nhigh voltage copper or aluminum transmission wire, or bare or insulated mining\nmachine copper cables, but \u00a7 59.1-128 shall be applicable thereto.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 59-153; 1958, c. 614; 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}}