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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81541</law_id><section_number>3.2-4720</section_number><catch_line>Schedule of commissions and charges to be filed</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>3.2-4730</reference></referred_to_by><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="47">Sale of Farm Produce</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Commission Merchants</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The applicant shall file with the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> at the time of furnishing the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> a schedule of his maximum commissions and charges for service in connection with the produce handled on account of or as agent for the parties. Such commissions and charges shall not be changed for one year thereafter, except by a written <span class="dictionary">contract</span> between the <span class="dictionary">commission merchant</span> and the consignors of <span class="dictionary">farm products</span>. A person operating a livestock auction market or stockyard that has been posted by the U.S. <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Agriculture and is being operated pursuant to the provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 (42 Stat. 159), as amended, may change his schedule of maximum commissions and charges if such changes are filed with the U.S. <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Agriculture and are approved. These changes shall be posted with the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 3-543; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7; 3.1-701; 1968, c. 306; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
