                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REQUIREMENTS WHEN ARTICLES MENTIONED IN § 59.1-128 ARE BOUGHT, EXCHANGED, ETC
(§ 59.1-129)

A. Any person, firm or corporation which shall barter, purchase, exchange, buy
or accept any of the articles mentioned in &#xA7; 59.1-128, shall comply with
the provisions of &#xA7; 59.1-126 and shall, in addition, tag each lot of said
articles with the name of the seller and the date of receipt and shall retain
each such lot in his possession so tagged for 30 days in such manner that its
separate identity shall be preserved; provided that the requirements of this
section for tagging said articles and retaining them in possession shall not be
applicable if the receipt or bill of sale required by &#xA7; 59.1-126 shall
contain an authorization naming the agent who delivers the articles and signed
by an officer, or by the proprietor, of the manufacturer, or coal mining,
industrial, manufacturing, public utility company, governmental agency, licensed
junk dealer, licensed scrap metal dealer, licensed electrical contractor or
licensed merchant, giving such authorization.

B. Notwithstanding anything in subsection A to the contrary, the provisions of
this article shall not apply to scrap metal processors as provided in Article 4
(&#xA7; 59.1-136.1 et seq.).

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 59-155.2; 1958, c. 614; 1968, c. 439; 2007, c. 917.