CODE OF VIRGINIA

INVESTIGATION OF TRANSACTIONS BY COMMISSIONER (§ 3.2-4721)

The Commissioner, upon the verified complaint of any interested party shall, or
upon his own motion may, investigate:

   1.  Any transaction involving solicitation, receipt, sale, or attempted sale
   of farm products by any person acting or attempting to act as a commission
   merchant;

   2.  The failure of any commission merchant to make proper and true account of
   sales and settlement as required in this article;

   3.  Any transaction in which produce consigned to a commission merchant is
   disposed of to a person composed substantially of the same persons as
   stockholders, members, or others, who compose the commission merchant;

   4.  The intentional making of false statements by a commission merchant as to
   condition, grade, or quality of any farm products received or in storage;

   5.  The intentional making of false statements by a commission merchant as to
   market condition;

   6.  The failure of any commission merchant to make payment for farm products
   within the time required by this article; or

   7.  Any other injurious transaction arising out of the sale of farm produce on
   commission.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 3-544; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-702; 2008, c. 860.