CODE OF VIRGINIA

“GOING OUT OF BUSINESS” SALES; COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS TO ISSUE
PERMITS; INSPECTIONS; APPLICATION FOR PERMIT; INVENTORY REQUIRED; COMMINGLING OF
OTHER GOODS PROHIBITED; DURATION; ADDITIONAL PERMITS; INCLUSION OF PERMIT NUMBER
AND DATES IN ADVERTISEMENTS; FEE (§ 18.2-224)

Every county, town and city shall issue permits to retail merchants for special
sales as required by § 18.2-223 upon the application of such merchant and shall
inspect the advertisement and conducting of such sale to insure that it is being
advertised and conducted in conformity with the required permit.All applications
for special sale permits shall be accompanied by an inventory, including the
kind and quantity of all goods which are to be offered for sale during the sale
and only the goods specified in the inventory list may be advertised or sold
during the sale period.  Goods not included on the inventory of special sale
goods shall not be commingled with or added to the special sale goods.  Each
county, city or town shall have the right to revoke a special sale permit upon
proof that goods not appearing on the original inventory of special sale goods
have been commingled with or added to the special sale goods.Each special sale
permit shall be valid for a period of no longer than sixty days, and any
extension of that time shall constitute a new special sale and shall require an
additional permit and inventory. A maximum of one permit beyond the initial
sixty-day permit may be granted solely for the purpose of liquidating only those
goods contained in the initial inventory list which remain unsold.Any person who
advertises such sale shall conspicuously include in the advertisement the permit
number assigned for the sale by the city, town or county wherein the sale is to
be conducted and the effective dates of the sale as authorized in the
permit.Each county, town and city is authorized to charge a fee for the issuance
of special sale permits. Such fee shall not exceed sixty-five dollars for each
permit.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 59.1-53.2; 1972, c. 399; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1983, c. 445;
1988, c. 779; 1992, c. 562.