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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 69; in 2000, chapter 380<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":268169,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77299,"identifier":"61.1-55","token":"61.1\/6\/61.1-55","url":"\/61.1-55\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/61.1-55\/","token":"61.1\/6\/61.1-55","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commission and basket charge","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 61.1-55","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No person, firm, association, corporation, partnership, copartnership or other legal entity, who or which operates any warehouse in which burley tobacco is sold at public auction, shall charge or receive any commission in excess of four percent of the sales price of such tobacco, nor shall any basket charge be in excess of twenty-five cents per basket, which commission and basket charge shall constitute the entire amount charged by the warehouse operator in connection with such sale; provided, however, that on or before the opening day of the market in any year, the warehouse operator may elect to charge a commission of not exceeding seventy-five cents per 100 pounds, which commission shall constitute the entire charge made in connection with the sale of tobacco throughout that market season at the warehouse for which such election is made.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMISSION AND BASKET CHARGE (\u00a7 61.1-55)\n\nNo person, firm, association, corporation, partnership, copartnership or other\nlegal entity, who or which operates any warehouse in which burley tobacco is\nsold at public auction, shall charge or receive any commission in excess of four\npercent of the sales price of such tobacco, nor shall any basket charge be in\nexcess of twenty-five cents per basket, which commission and basket charge shall\nconstitute the entire amount charged by the warehouse operator in connection\nwith such sale; provided, however, that on or before the opening day of the\nmarket in any year, the warehouse operator may elect to charge a commission of\nnot exceeding seventy-five cents per 100 pounds, which commission shall\nconstitute the entire charge made in connection with the sale of tobacco\nthroughout that market season at the warehouse for which such election is made.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 61-154; 1968, c. 69; 2000, c. 380.","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}}