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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68560</law_id><section_number>3.2-4773</section_number><catch_line>Identification of finished bales of cotton</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="47">Sale of Farm Produce</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Cotton Handlers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every <span class="dictionary">cotton gin</span> shall: (i) determine the weight of each bale of finished cotton immediately following the making of the bale; (ii) number sequentially all finished cotton bales; and (iii) affix to each bale a sequentially numbered tag for the purpose of identifying the individual bale of finished cotton. The tag shall also identify the origin module. The <span class="dictionary">burden of proof</span> shall be upon the <span class="dictionary">cotton gin</span> to prove the accuracy of its accounting.</p></section></text><history>2000, c. 584, &#xA7; 3.1-722.41; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
