                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

UNAUTHORIZED USE OF DAIRY MILK CASES OR MILK CRATES; PENALTY (§ 18.2-102.2)

It shall be unlawful for any person to:

1. Buy, sell, or dispose of any milk case or milk crate bearing the name or
label of the owner without the written consent of the owner or his designated
agent;

2. Refuse, upon written demand of the owner or his designated agent, to return
to the owner or his designated agent any milk case or milk crate bearing the
name or label of the owner; or

3. Deface, obliterate, erase, cover up, or otherwise remove or conceal any name,
label, registered trademark, insignia, or other business identification of an
owner of a milk case or milk crate without the consent of the owner, for the
purpose of destroying or removing from the milk case or milk crate evidence of
its ownership.
			A violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 4 misdemeanor.
			For purposes of this section, milk cases or milk crates shall be deemed to
bear a name or label of an owner when there is imprinted or attached on the case
or crate a name, insignia, mark, business identification, or label showing
ownership or sufficient information to ascertain ownership. The term &#8220;milk
case&#8221; or &#8220;milk crate&#8221; means a wire or plastic container which
holds sixteen quarts or more of beverage and is used by distributors or
retailers or their agents as a means to transport, store, or carry dairy
products.

HISTORY: 1990, c. 452.