                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TAGS REQUIRED (§ 32.1-219)

A. Every importer of and every person manufacturing a new item of bedding or
upholstered furniture shall attach securely thereto a substantial white cloth
tag or equivalent, visible on the outside covering of such item and not less
than six square inches in size, upon which shall be plainly stamped or printed,
in English, the name and address of the manufacturer, importer or distributor,
the registration number of the manufacturer or importer, the kind of filling
materials used therein, a statement that the filling materials are new, and the
number of the permit issued to the person sterilizing any new feathers, hair or
down in such item.

B. Any person sanitizing, remaking, renovating or reupholstering any secondhand
item of bedding or upholstered furniture or manufacturing any item of bedding or
upholstered furniture containing any shoddy or secondhand filling material shall
attach securely to it a substantial yellow cloth tag or equivalent, visible on
the outside of such item and not less than six square inches in size, upon which
shall be stamped or printed, in English, the kind of filling materials used
therein, a statement that the item or filling materials are secondhand, and the
number of the permit issued to the person who sanitized such item or filling
material.

C. The stamp or print on tags required by this section shall be in type not less
than three millimeters in height.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 32-122; 1952, c. 530; 1979, c. 711.