CODE OF VIRGINIA

REMOVAL OR ALTERATION OF IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS ON HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES; POSSESSION OF SUCH APPLIANCES (§ 18.2-215)

No person, firm, association or corporation, either individually or in
association with one or more other persons, firms, associations or corporations
shall remove, change or alter the serial number or other identification number
stamped upon, cut into or attached as a permanent part of any household or
electrical or electronic appliance where such number was stamped upon, cut into
or attached to such appliance by the manufacturer thereof.No person, firm,
association or corporation shall knowingly have in his or its possession for the
purpose of resale or keep in his possession for a period in excess of
forty-eight hours without reporting such possession to the appropriate
law-enforcement agency in his county, town or city a household or electrical or
electronic appliance, with knowledge that the serial number or other
identification number has been removed, changed or altered.Any person, firm,
association or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be
guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 59.1-43; 1968, c. 439; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1976, c. 305.