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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 1958, chapter 579; in 1968, chapter 439.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":263047,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59681,"identifier":"59.1-97","token":"59.1\/7\/59.1-97","url":"\/59.1-97\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-97\/","token":"59.1\/7\/59.1-97","dublin_core":{"Title":"Presumptive evidence of unlawful use and trafficking in marked containers and other articles","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-97","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The use by any person other than the person whose device, name or mark shall be or shall have been upon the same without such written consent as aforesaid, of any such marked or distinguished bottle, box, siphon, siphon heads, crate, tin or keg, and filed and published as aforesaid, for the sale therein of soda water, mineral or aerated waters, cider, ginger ale, milk, cream, soft drinks or other beverages, or of any articles of merchandise, medicines, medical preparations, perfumery, oils, compounds, mixtures or preparations, or for the furnishing of such or similar beverages to customers, or the receiving, buying, selling, using, disposing of or trafficking in any such bottles, boxes, siphons, siphon heads, crates, tins or kegs by any person other than the person having his name, mark or device thereon, or the having by any junk dealer, or dealers in secondhand articles, venders of bottles, etc., possession<\/span> of any such bottles, boxes, siphons, siphon heads, crates, tins, or kegs, and description of the marks, names or devices whereon shall have been so filed and published, as aforesaid, or any such use of such device, name or mark distinguishing any clean laundered or soiled article mentioned in this chapter or any such receiving, buying, selling, using, disposing of or trafficking in any such article by any person other than the person having his name, mark or device thereon, or such having by any such junk dealer or other secondhand dealers possession<\/span> of any such article and description of the marks, names or devices whereon shall have been so filed and published, as aforesaid, shall be presumptive evidence<\/span> of the unlawful use and purchase of and trafficking in such bottles, siphons, boxes, siphon heads, crates, tins, kegs, or clean laundered or soiled article mentioned in this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE OF UNLAWFUL USE AND TRAFFICKING IN MARKED CONTAINERS AND\nOTHER ARTICLES (\u00a7 59.1-97)\n\nThe use by any person other than the person whose device, name or mark shall be\nor shall have been upon the same without such written consent as aforesaid, of\nany such marked or distinguished bottle, box, siphon, siphon heads, crate, tin\nor keg, and filed and published as aforesaid, for the sale therein of soda\nwater, mineral or aerated waters, cider, ginger ale, milk, cream, soft drinks or\nother beverages, or of any articles of merchandise, medicines, medical\npreparations, perfumery, oils, compounds, mixtures or preparations, or for the\nfurnishing of such or similar beverages to customers, or the receiving, buying,\nselling, using, disposing of or trafficking in any such bottles, boxes, siphons,\nsiphon heads, crates, tins or kegs by any person other than the person having\nhis name, mark or device thereon, or the having by any junk dealer, or dealers\nin secondhand articles, venders of bottles, etc., possession of any such\nbottles, boxes, siphons, siphon heads, crates, tins, or kegs, and description of\nthe marks, names or devices whereon shall have been so filed and published, as\naforesaid, or any such use of such device, name or mark distinguishing any clean\nlaundered or soiled article mentioned in this chapter or any such receiving,\nbuying, selling, using, disposing of or trafficking in any such article by any\nperson other than the person having his name, mark or device thereon, or such\nhaving by any such junk dealer or other secondhand dealers possession of any\nsuch article and description of the marks, names or devices whereon shall have\nbeen so filed and published, as aforesaid, shall be presumptive evidence of the\nunlawful use and purchase of and trafficking in such bottles, siphons, boxes,\nsiphon heads, crates, tins, kegs, or clean laundered or soiled article mentioned\nin this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 59-194; 1958, c. 579; 1968, c. 439.","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}}