                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EXEMPTIONS (§ 32.1-225)

A. The provisions of this article shall not apply to:

   1. Any items of bedding or upholstered furniture sold under the order of any
   court or pursuant to &#xA7; 55.1-2902, any sale of a decedent&#8217;s estate,
   or any sale by any individual of his household effects.

   2. Any items of bedding or upholstered furniture that are 75 years old or
   older.

   3. Any interstate public carrier.

   4. Any state institution, agency, or department unless such institution,
   agency, or department offers for sale to the public items of bedding or
   upholstered furniture manufactured, reupholstered, or renovated by it.

   5. Any retailer who sells, gives away, or rents used upholstered furniture
   that has been purchased by the retailer as new furniture and has been used in
   the course of business when such used furniture has been (i) conspicuously
   identified as used furniture and (ii) reduced in price, sold at auction,
   donated to charity, or made available for a rental fee, and so tagged.

B. Any person who sells at retail, exclusively on a consignment basis, articles
of bedding that are handmade by individuals and whose gross annual receipts from
the sale of such articles are not in excess of $2,000 shall be deemed to be the
manufacturer of such articles and shall not be required to obtain a license to
make such articles. Each such article shall have a label affixed stating the
kind of filling materials used in such article but shall be exempt from any
other requirement as to tags set forth in this article.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 32-127; 1979, c. 711; 1989, c. 130; 2001, c. 454; 2005,
c. 391; 2023, cc. 374, 375.