                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FAILURE TO PAY FOR OR RETURN GOODS DELIVERED FOR SELECTION OR APPROVAL (§
18.2-116)

If any person shall solicit and obtain from any merchant any goods, wares or
merchandise for examination or approval, and shall thereafter, upon written
demand, refuse or fail to return the same to such merchant in unused condition,
or to pay for the same, such person so offending shall be deemed guilty of the
larceny thereof. But the provisions of this section shall not apply unless such
written demand be made within five days after delivery, and unless the goods,
wares or merchandise shall have attached to them or to the package in which they
are contained a label, card or tag containing the words, &#8220;Delivered for
selection or approval.&#8221;

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-117; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.