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This law was first created in 1986. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 197 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 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1992, chapter 885; in 2019, chapter 756<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":259719,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80379,"identifier":"59.1-167.1","token":"59.1\/12\/59.1-167.1","url":"\/59.1-167.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-167.1\/","token":"59.1\/12\/59.1-167.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Labeling of motor fuels; notification to reseller","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-167.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Every dispensing device used in the retail sale of any motor fuel<\/span> shall identify the motor fuel<\/span> and be labeled in accordance with Section 3 of the Uniform Fuels and Automotive Lubricants Regulation published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Handbook 130, titled “Uniform Laws<\/span> and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Fuel Quality,” as the same now are or may be hereafter amended, unless the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services, by regulation, amends<\/span> or rejects identification or labeling requirements established in such publication. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Every person delivering gasoline<\/span> at wholesale to a reseller which contains one percent or more of ethanol or methanol shall provide a written manifest or invoice which conspicuously identifies the gasoline<\/span> containing one percent or more of ethanol or methanol, and the percentage of ethanol or methanol contained therein. The Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services may, by regulation, establish what additional disclosure shall be made about a motor fuel<\/span> by a person delivering the motor fuel<\/span> at wholesale to a retailer, so that the retailer may comply with the requirements of subsection A. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLABELING OF MOTOR FUELS; NOTIFICATION TO RESELLER (\u00a7 59.1-167.1)\n\nA. Every dispensing device used in the retail sale of any motor fuel shall\nidentify the motor fuel and be labeled in accordance with Section 3 of the\nUniform Fuels and Automotive Lubricants Regulation published by the National\nInstitute of Standards and Technology in Handbook 130, titled “Uniform\nLaws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Fuel Quality,” as\nthe same now are or may be hereafter amended, unless the Board of Agriculture\nand Consumer Services, by regulation, amends or rejects identification or\nlabeling requirements established in such publication.\n\nB. Every person delivering gasoline at wholesale to a reseller which contains\none percent or more of ethanol or methanol shall provide a written manifest or\ninvoice which conspicuously identifies the gasoline containing one percent or\nmore of ethanol or methanol, and the percentage of ethanol or methanol contained\ntherein. The Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services may, by regulation,\nestablish what additional disclosure shall be made about a motor fuel by a\nperson delivering the motor fuel at wholesale to a retailer, so that the\nretailer may comply with the requirements of subsection A.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 197; 1992, c. 885; 2019, c. 756.","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}}