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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82259</law_id><section_number>3.2-4217.1</section_number><catch_line>Presumption</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="III">Production and Sale of Agricultural Products</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="42">Implementation of Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Enforcement of Requirements for Tobacco Product Manufacturers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In any action under subsection C of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Requirements on tobacco product manufacturers; escrow of funds; civil penalties for violations" href="/3.2-4201/">3.2-4201</a>, reports of numbers of cigarettes stamped submitted to the <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span> pursuant to subsection A of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Reporting of information" href="/3.2-4209/">3.2-4209</a> shall be <span class="dictionary">admissible</span> in <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> and shall be presumed to accurately state the number of cigarettes stamped during the time period by the <span class="dictionary">stamping agent</span> that submitted the report absent a contrary showing by the <span class="dictionary">nonparticipating manufacturer</span> or importer. Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or otherwise affecting the Commonwealth&#x2019;s right to maintain that such reports are incorrect or do not accurately reflect a <span class="dictionary">nonparticipating manufacturer</span>&#x2019;s sales in the Commonwealth during the time period in question, and the <span class="dictionary">presumption</span> shall not apply in the event the Commonwealth does so maintain.</p></section></text><history>2008, c. 758, &#xA7; 3.1-336.15:1.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
