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Authorized employees of the Department may issue warnings to persons who fail to comply with the provisions of this article. Any person found guilty of failing to post the notice required under \u00a7 10.1-1425.2 after receiving a warning to do so pursuant to this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1289051,"text":"The Department shall produce, print, and distribute the notices required by \u00a7 10.1-1425.2 to all places in the Commonwealth where lead acid batteries are offered for sale at retail. In performing its duties under this section, the Department may inspect any place, building, or premises subject to the provisions of \u00a7 10.1-1425.2. Authorized employees of the Department may issue warnings to persons who fail to comply with the provisions of this article. 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This law was first created in 1990. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 520 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":345711,"section_number":"10.1-1425.2","catch_line":"Collection of lead acid batteries for recycling","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1425.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1373197,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345722,"identifier":"10.1-1425.3","token":"10.1\/II\/14\/3.1\/10.1-1425.3","url":"\/10.1-1425.3\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1425.3\/","token":"10.1\/II\/14\/3.1\/10.1-1425.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Inspection of battery retailers; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1425.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> shall produce, print, and distribute the notices required by \u00a7 10.1-1425.2<\/a> to all places in the Commonwealth where lead acid batteries are offered for sale at retail. In performing its duties under this section, the Department<\/span> may inspect any place, building, or premises subject to the provisions of \u00a7 10.1-1425.2<\/a>. Authorized employees of the Department<\/span> may issue<\/span> warnings to persons<\/span> who fail to comply with the provisions of this article. Any person<\/span> found guilty of failing to post the notice required under \u00a7 10.1-1425.2<\/a> after receiving a warning to do so pursuant to this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINSPECTION OF BATTERY RETAILERS; PENALTY (\u00a7 10.1-1425.3)\n\nThe Department shall produce, print, and distribute the notices required by \u00a7\n10.1-1425.2 to all places in the Commonwealth where lead acid batteries are\noffered for sale at retail. In performing its duties under this section, the\nDepartment may inspect any place, building, or premises subject to the\nprovisions of \u00a7 10.1-1425.2. Authorized employees of the Department may issue\nwarnings to persons who fail to comply with the provisions of this article. Any\nperson found guilty of failing to post the notice required under \u00a7 10.1-1425.2\nafter receiving a warning to do so pursuant to this section shall be punished by\na fine of not more than fifty dollars.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 520.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}