Commission Merchants.
This is Article 2 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Commission Merchants..” It is part of Title 3.2, titled “Agriculture, Animal Care, And Food.” It is part of Subtitle III, titled “Production And Sale Of Agricultural Products..” It is part of Chapter 47, titled “Sale Of Farm Produce.” It’s comprised of the following 29 sections.
- § 3.2-4709
- Definitions
- § 3.2-4710
- Certain activities exempt from article
- § 3.2-4711
- License required; application for license to be in writing; contents
- § 3.2-4712
- Fee and bond to accompany license
- § 3.2-4713
- Applications for renewal licenses
- § 3.2-4714
- Disposition of sums received for licenses
- § 3.2-4715
- Certified copy of license; fee; posting of license during sale periods
- § 3.2-4716
- Bond not required for certain auction sales of livestock
- § 3.2-4717
- Agreements with U.S. Department of Agriculture; powers and duties of Commissioner as to bonds filed with U.S. Department of Agriculture
- § 3.2-4718
- Execution and terms of bond; action thereon
- § 3.2-4719
- Duties and powers of Commissioner with respect to bonds
- § 3.2-4720
- Schedule of commissions and charges to be filed
- § 3.2-4721
- Investigation of transactions by Commissioner
- § 3.2-4722
- Complaint to Commissioner by consignor; Commissioner's action
- § 3.2-4723
- Right of entry; administration of oaths; testimony
- § 3.2-4724
- Grounds for refusal or revocation of license
- § 3.2-4725
- Publication of revocation
- § 3.2-4726
- Failure to comply with orders of Commissioner constitutes contempt
- § 3.2-4727
- Copies of papers in Commissioner's office as prima facie evidence
- § 3.2-4728
- Appeal from orders and actions of Commissioner
- § 3.2-4729
- Records to be kept by commission merchant
- § 3.2-4730
- Detailed statements shall be kept of claims for overcharges or damages filed by commission merchant for consignor
- § 3.2-4731
- Record and account, together with remittance for each sale, to be delivered to consignor
- § 3.2-4732
- Copies of records to be kept by commission merchant
- § 3.2-4733
- Certificate establishing condition, quality, and grade to be furnished by Commissioner in event of dispute
- § 3.2-4734
- Duty of attorney for the Commonwealth
- § 3.2-4735
- Venue
- § 3.2-4736
- License required
- § 3.2-4737
- Offenses and punishment