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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61593</law_id><section_number>3.2-1513</section_number><catch_line>Records to be kept by handler</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Boards, Councils, Foundations, and Commissions</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="B">Commodity Boards</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="15">Cotton Board</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every <span class="dictionary">handler</span> shall maintain the following records for all <span class="dictionary">cotton</span> ginned by the <span class="dictionary">handler</span> for the owner of the <span class="dictionary">cotton</span>:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Full name and address of the owner of the <span class="dictionary">cotton</span>; <a id="paragraph-224914" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-1513/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Date the <span class="dictionary">cotton</span> was ginned by the <span class="dictionary">handler</span> for such owner; <a id="paragraph-224915" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-1513/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Number of <span class="dictionary">bales</span> ginned; and <a id="paragraph-224916" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-1513/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Dollar amount of <span class="dictionary">assessment</span> collected by the <span class="dictionary">handler</span> from the owner.
			The <span class="dictionary">handler</span> shall maintain such records for a period of not less than three years from the time the <span class="dictionary">cotton</span> was ginned. Such records shall be open to the inspection of the Tax <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> and shall be established and maintained as required by the Tax <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>. <a id="paragraph-224917" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-1513/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1997, c. 873, &#xA7; 3.1-1099; 1999, c. 751; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
