reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
VA Code § 59.1-120 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles|§ 59.1-120. Recordkeeping requirements

A. At the time of purchasing, collecting, receiving, or acquiring a secondhand building fixture, the dealer shall be required to provide:1. The date and time of the secondhand building fixture's acquisition; and2. The address from which the property was acquired and, if available, a driver's license or other form of government identification to include the name and date of birth of the person from whom the material was collected.B. Every dealer shall keep at his place of business a permanently bound book or ledger in which shall be legibly written with ink in English at the time of each transaction in the course of the dealer's transaction involving a secondhand building fixture that is collected, received, acquired, or purchased by the dealer. Such account shall set forth:1. A complete and accurate description of the secondhand building fixture that is the subject of the transaction;2. All information prescribed in subsection A regarding location and, if available, the name and date of birth of the person with whom the dealer conducts the transaction;3. The license number of the automobile or other vehicle in which the secondhand building fixture was delivered or received; and4. The number of the permit issued pursuant to § 59.1-118 by the chief of police of the city or town, or the sheriff of the county, in which the transaction involving a secondhand building fixture occurred.C. Records required by subsection B shall be maintained by the dealer at its normal place of business or at another readily accessible and secure location for a period of 24 months.Code 1950, § 59-148; 1968, c. 439; 2010, c. 805; 2011, c. 836.
VA Code § 59.1-121 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles|§ 59.1-121. Reports to be made to chief of police or sheriff

Every junk dealer selling or acquiring secondhand building materials of the kind mentioned in § 59.1-117, including persons regularly engaged in the business of collecting or acquiring secondhand building materials for the purpose of resale to a scrap metal purchaser, shall deliver:1. If the purchase, acquisition, or receipt of the secondhand building fixture occurred in a city or town, to the chief of police of the city or town in which such goods were bought, collected, or received, every day except Sunday before noon, on blank forms to be prescribed and furnished by the chief of police of such city or town:a. A legible and accurate description of every secondhand building fixture purchased, acquired, or received by him during the next preceding business day;b. The date and time of the secondhand building fixture's acquisition;c. If the person is a dealer, the number of his permit issued pursuant to § 59.1-118;d. The license number of any automobile or other vehicle in which the secondhand building fixture was collected or received;e. If available, the name and date of birth of the person with whom the dealer conducted the transaction; andf. If the person is a dealer, a reference to the volume and number of the page where the original entry required by subsection B of § 59.1-120 is made; or2. If the purchase, acquisition, or receipt of the secondhand building fixture occurred in a county, the same information required by subdivision 1 shall be furnished to the sheriff of the county in which such goods were bought, collected, or received not later than midday of the Saturday following the purchase or receipt of such goods, but the sheriff shall not be required to prepare or furnish blank forms for such reports for use in the county, and the dealer may submit any report which fairly conforms to the requirements of subdivision 1.Code 1950, § 59-149; 1968, c. 439; 1972, c. 598; 2010, c. 805; 2011, c. 836; 2013, c. 414.
VA Code § 59.1-122 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles|§ 59.1-122. Books and places of business open to inspection

The books required by this article to be kept, and the places of business of all persons engaged in the acquiring, selling, receiving, or purchasing of the articles mentioned in § 59.1-117, shall at all reasonable times be open to the inspection of any police officer, sheriff, or deputy of the county, city, or town in which such place of business is located.Code 1950, § 59-150; 1968, c. 439; 2011, c. 836.
VA Code § 59.1-123 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles|§ 59.1-123. Exemptions from article

The provisions of this article shall not apply to:1. The sale of secondhand material mentioned in § 59.1-117 taken from premises occupied by the owner, when sold by such owner on the premises, or the sale of such articles when purchased from a public utility corporation at its place of business or a governmental agency;2. Scrap metal purchasers as provided in Article 4 (§ 59.1-136.1 et seq.);3. Authorized scrap sellers;4. Public utilities;5. Public transportation companies;6. Peddlers permitted under § 59.1-118;7. Industrial and manufacturing companies;8. Marine, automobile, and aircraft salvage and wrecking companies;9. Governmental entities; or10. The donation of secondhand material mentioned in § 59.1-117 by the material's owner or the owner's contractor or subcontractor to a nonprofit corporation as defined in § 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code or the sale of such donated material by such a nonprofit corporation.Code 1950, § 59-151; 1968, c. 439; 2007, c. 917; 2011, c. 836; 2013, c. 414; 2015, c. 626.
VA Code § 59.1-124 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles|§ 59.1-124. Penalty for violation

Any person who violates this article shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. A person convicted of a second or subsequent offense under this article is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.Code 1950, § 59-152; 1968, c. 439; 1972, c. 598; 1988, c. 765; 2010, c. 805.
VA Code § 59.1-125 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles|§ 59.1-125. When unlawful to buy

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to barter, purchase, exchange, or buy from any person whomsoever, except plumbers, the owner of buildings from which the material is taken, railroad, coal mining, industrial, manufacturing and public utility companies, or the authorized agents of such companies, lawful owners and junk dealers, licensed in this Commonwealth, any secondhand steel, copper, copper wire, aluminum, aluminum wire, brass, brass bearings or fittings, electric light or gas fixtures, locks or other builders hardware, plumbing fixtures, bell or bell fixtures, lead or brass water pipes or any part of such fixtures or pipes, or any wire, cable, lead, solder, copper, iron or brass used by or belonging to a railroad, telephone, telegraph, coal mining, industrial, manufacturing or public utility company; provided that this section shall not apply to any person, firm or corporation which shall barter, purchase, exchange, buy or accept any secondhand grooved or figure-eight copper trolley wire, bare or insulated heavy stranded copper or aluminum feeder wire, high voltage copper or aluminum transmission wire, or bare or insulated mining machine copper cables, but § 59.1-128 shall be applicable thereto.Code 1950, § 59-153; 1958, c. 614; 1968, c. 439; 2011, c. 836.
VA Code § 59.1-126 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles|§ 59.1-126. Receipt or bill of sale to be taken by buyer; sales procedures

Any person buying, at public or private sale, any such secondhand articles as are mentioned in § 59.1-125, except those excepted in said section, shall:1. Take from the seller a properly dated written receipt or bill of sale signed by such seller which shall therein state specifically the seller's address, business, social security number, vehicle license number, and place of residence. If a seller of such articles be not personally known to the buyer or if the seller be unable to write his name, such seller shall produce an adult witness personally known to the buyer to identify the seller and also to sign such receipt or bill of sale as witness, the latter also stating therein his full name, occupation and place of residence. Such receipt or bill of sale shall specifically set forth, by accurate description giving the character, kind, quality, weight, length or size, and other detailed description sufficient to accurately identify the same, each of such articles so purchased and shall be retained by the buyer at his place of business for a period of six months after such purchase; and2. Make any payment for such articles purchased of $1,000 or more in the form of a check.Code 1950, § 59-154; 1958, c. 614; 1968, c. 439; 2011, c. 80.
VA Code § 59.1-127 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles|§ 59.1-127. Violation of § 59.1-125 or § 59.1-126 a misdemeanor; revocation of dealer's license

Any person violating any of the provisions of § 59.1-125 or § 59.1-126 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.Code 1950, § 59-155; 1958, c. 614; 1968, c. 439; 1972, c. 598; 1988, c. 765.
VA Code § 59.1-128 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles|§ 59.1-128. When unlawful to buy, exchange, etc., secondhand copper or aluminum wire

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to barter, purchase, exchange, buy or accept from any person whomsoever, except the manufacturer thereof or his authorized agent, railroad, coal mining, industrial, manufacturing and public utility companies, or the authorized agents of such companies, governmental agencies, and licensed junk dealers, licensed scrap metal dealers, licensed electrical contractors and licensed merchants, any secondhand grooved or figure-eight copper trolley wire, bare or insulated heavy stranded copper or aluminum feeder wire, high voltage copper or aluminum transmission wire, or bare or insulated mining machine copper cables.Code 1950, § 59-155.1; 1958, c. 614; 1968, c. 439.
VA Code § 59.1-129 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles|§ 59.1-129. Requirements when articles mentioned in § 59.1-128 are bought, exchanged, etc.

A. Any person, firm or corporation which shall barter, purchase, exchange, buy or accept any of the articles mentioned in § 59.1-128, shall comply with the provisions of § 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 § 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 (§ 59.1-136.1 et seq.).Code 1950, § 59-155.2; 1958, c. 614; 1968, c. 439; 2007, c. 917.
VA Code § 59.1-130 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles|§ 59.1-130. Punishment for violation of § 59.1-128 or § 59.1-129

Any person violating any of the provisions of § 59.1-128 or § 59.1-129 shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more than two years, or in the discretion of the court or the jury trying the case, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or confined in jail for any term not exceeding twelve months, or both. Possession of secondhand articles in violation of the provisions of the above sections shall be prima facie evidence of guilt.Code 1950, § 59-155.3; 1958, c. 614; 1968, c. 439; 1972, c. 598; 1988, c. 765.
VA Code § 59.1-131 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles|§ 59.1-131. When watch deemed secondhand

A watch shall be deemed to be secondhand if(1) As a whole or the case thereof or the movement shall have been previously sold to or acquired by any person who bought or acquired the same for his use or the use of another, but not for resale; or(2) Its case serial numbers or movement numbers or other distinguishing numbers or identification marks shall be erased, defaced, removed, altered or covered.Code 1950, § 59-156; 1968, c. 439.
VA Code § 59.1-132 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles|§ 59.1-132. Tag to be affixed to watch

Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation engaged in the business of buying or selling watches, or any agent or servant thereof, who may sell or exchange, or offer for sale or exchange, expose for sale or exchange, possess with the intent to sell or exchange, or display with the intent to sell or exchange any secondhand watch, shall affix and keep affixed to the same a tag with the words "secondhand" clearly and legibly written or printed thereon, and the tag shall be so placed that the words "secondhand" shall be in plain sight at all times.Code 1950, § 59-157; 1968, c. 439.
VA Code § 59.1-133 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles|§ 59.1-133. Invoice to be furnished to purchaser

Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation engaged in the business of buying or selling watches, or any agent or servant thereof, who may sell a secondhand watch or in any other way pass title thereto shall deliver to the vendee a written invoice bearing the words "secondhand watch" in bold letters, larger than any of the other written matter upon such invoice. Such invoice shall further set forth the name and address of the vendor, the name and address of the vendee, the date of the sale, the name of the watch or its maker, and the serial numbers (if any), and any other distinguishing numbers or identification marks upon its case and movements. If the serial numbers or other distinguishing numbers or identification marks shall have been erased, defaced, removed, altered or covered, such invoice shall so state. The vendor shall keep on file a duplicate of such invoice for at least five years from the date of the sale thereof, which shall be open to inspection during all business hours by the law-enforcement officers of the county or city in which the vendor is engaged in business.Code 1950, § 59-158; 1968, c. 439.
VA Code § 59.1-134 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles|§ 59.1-134. Advertisement or display

Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation, or any agent or servant thereof, who advertises or displays in any manner a secondhand watch for sale or exchange shall state clearly in such advertisement or display that the watch is a secondhand watch.Code 1950, § 59-159; 1968, c. 439.
VA Code § 59.1-135 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles|§ 59.1-135. Penalty for violation

Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation, or any agent or servant thereof, who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed the sum of $500 or by imprisonment not to exceed ninety days, or both.Code 1950, § 59-160; 1968, c. 439.
VA Code § 59.1-136 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles|§ 59.1-136. Pawnbrokers' auction sales exempted

The provisions of this article shall not apply to pawnbrokers' auction sales of unredeemed pledges when public notice of the fact that watches are rebuilt or are secondhand is given prior to the sale.Code 1950, § 59-161; 1968, c. 439.
VA Code § 59.1-136.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles|§ 59.1-136.2. Purchases of ferrous scrap

Except as provided in § 59.1-136.4, scrap metal processors may purchase ferrous scrap directly from any person.2007, c. 917.
VA Code § 59.1-136.4 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles|§ 59.1-136.4. Purchases of materials from minors

Scrap metal processors shall not purchase ferrous scrap, nonferrous scrap, metal articles, proprietary articles, or other scrap metal from any person under the age of 18 years.2007, c. 917.
VA Code § 59.1-136.5 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles|§ 59.1-136.5. Reports of purchases by scrap metal purchasers

If requested by the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality in which the scrap metal purchaser conducts business, every scrap metal purchaser conducting business in the locality shall furnish to the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality in which the scrap metal purchaser conducts business a report of all of the scrap metal purchaser's purchases of nonferrous scrap, metal articles, and proprietary articles, excluding aluminum cans and interior household items. Each report shall (i) be submitted on the next business day following the date of a purchase; (ii) include the seller's name, date of birth, identification number, address, height, and weight and the license number of any motor vehicle in which the goods or things were delivered; and (iii) be submitted in an electronic format if required by the locality in which the scrap metal purchaser conducts business. The form of the report shall be prescribed by the Virginia State Police.2007, c. 917; 2013, c. 414.
VA Code § 59.1-136.6 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles|§ 59.1-136.6. Penalties

A. Any scrap metal purchaser who negligently violates any provisions of this article may be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed $7,500 for each violation. Any attorney for the county, city, or town in which an alleged violation of this article occurred may bring a civil action to recover such a civil penalty. The civil penalty shall be paid into the local treasury.B. Any scrap metal purchaser who knowingly violates any provisions of this article is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.2007, c. 917; 2013, c. 414.
VA Code § 59.1-136.7 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles|§ 59.1-136.7. Exemption

Nothing in this article shall apply to the purchase, sale or disposal of any material that is used in the provision of health care by any professional who is licensed, certified or registered to practice by a board within the Department of Health Professions under Title 54.1.2007, c. 917.
VA Code § 59.1-137 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 10 - Explosives|§ 59.1-137. Definition

Whenever used in this chapter:"Explosives" means any chemical compound, mechanical mixture or device the primary or common purpose of which is to function by explosion. The term includes, but is not limited to dynamite and other high explosives, black blasting powder, pellet powder, initiating explosives, blasting caps, electric blasting caps, detonators, safety fuse, fuse igniters, fuse lighters, squibs, cordeau detonant fuse, instantaneous fuse, detonating cord, igniter cord, igniters and those materials included in the list published annually in the Federal Register by the Department of the Treasury pursuant to the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 (18 U.S.C. § 841 et seq.).Code 1950, § 59-222; 1960, c. 578; 1968, c. 439; 1976, c. 250.
VA Code § 59.1-138 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 10 - Explosives|§ 59.1-138. Record of sales required; signing by purchasers; sales to persons under eighteen prohibited

(a) Any person selling any explosives covered by this chapter shall keep a record of all such explosives sold, showing the kind and quantity sold, the name and address of the purchaser, and the date of each sale. The person selling such explosives shall also require any person purchasing such explosives to sign such record at the time of such purchase.(b) No person shall sell, deliver, give away, or otherwise dispose of any explosives to any individual under eighteen years of age, whether such individual is acting for himself, herself, or for any other person.Code 1950, § 59-223; 1960, c. 578; 1968, c. 439; 1972, c. 824.
VA Code § 59.1-139 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 10 - Explosives|§ 59.1-139. Persons possessing explosives to give notice of theft

Any person having in his possession any explosives covered by this chapter shall immediately notify the sheriff of the county or the police officials of the city in which any such explosives are being stored or used in the event that any such explosives are stolen.Code 1950, § 59-224; 1960, c. 578; 1968, c. 439.
VA Code § 59.1-140 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 10 - Explosives|§ 59.1-140. Effect of chapter upon municipal regulation

Nothing contained in this chapter shall:Affect any existing ordinance, rule or regulation of any city or municipality in this Commonwealth that is not less restrictive than this chapter; or affect, modify or limit the power of such cities or municipalities to make ordinances, rules or regulations not less restrictive than this chapter, governing the storage, possession, sale and use of explosives within their respective corporate limits.Code 1950, § 59-225; 1960, c. 578; 1968, c. 439.
VA Code § 59.1-141 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 10 - Explosives|§ 59.1-141. Penalty

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, be punished accordingly.Code 1950, § 59-226; 1960, c. 578; 1968, c. 439.
VA Code § 59.1-148.4 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 11.1 - Firearms|§ 59.1-148.4. Sale of firearms by law-enforcement agencies prohibited; exception

A law-enforcement agency of this Commonwealth shall not sell or trade any firearm owned and used or otherwise lawfully in its possession except (i) to another law-enforcement agency of the Commonwealth, (ii) to a licensed firearms dealer, (iii) to the persons as provided in § 59.1-148.3 or (iv) as authorized by a court in accordance with § 19.2-386.29.1994, c. 467; 2004, c. 995.
VA Code § 59.1-149 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12 - Motor Fuels and Lubricating Oils|§ 59.1-149. Definitions

As used in this chapter:"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services or his designated representative."Gasoline" shall be construed to include naphtha, benzine and other like liquids and fluids derived from petroleum or other sources and used, or intended to be used, for power purposes, except kerosene."Lubricating oil" means lubricating oils used in internal combustion engines."Motor fuel" means any liquid or gaseous matter used for the generation of power in an internal combustion engine.Code 1950, § 59-41; 1968, c. 439; 1992, c. 885; 2009, c. 650.
VA Code § 59.1-150 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 12 - Motor Fuels and Lubricating Oils|§ 59.1-150. Motor fuel subject to inspection and testing

All motor fuel used, intended to be used, sold or offered for sale or distribution in this Commonwealth, shall be subject to inspection and testing for (i) the purpose of preventing adulteration, misbranding, deception or fraud in the sale thereof or (ii) for any other purpose of assuring compliance with any requirement of this chapter or regulation adopted thereunder.Code 1950, § 59-42; 1968, c. 439; 1992, c. 885.