CODE OF VIRGINIA

RECEIPT OR BILL OF SALE TO BE TAKEN BY BUYER; SALES PROCEDURES (§ 59.1-126)

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; and

   2.  Make any payment for such articles purchased of $ 1,000 or more in the
   form of a check.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 59-154; 1958, c. 614; 1968, c. 439; 2011, c. 80.