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A person accepting batteries in transfer from a battery retailer shall be allowed a period not to exceed ninety days to remove batteries from the retail point of collection.\n\nB\n\nAny person found guilty of a violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars. Each battery unlawfully refused by a wholesaler or not removed from the retail point of collection within ninety days shall constitute a separate violation.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1289069,"text":"It shall be unlawful for any person selling new lead acid batteries at wholesale to not accept from customers at the point of transfer, used lead acid batteries of the type and in a quantity at least equal to the number of new batteries purchased, if offered by customers. 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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":false,"permalink":{"id":1373201,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345733,"identifier":"10.1-1425.4","token":"10.1\/II\/14\/3.1\/10.1-1425.4","url":"\/10.1-1425.4\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1425.4\/","token":"10.1\/II\/14\/3.1\/10.1-1425.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Lead acid battery wholesalers; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1425.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> It shall be unlawful for any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> selling new lead acid batteries at wholesale to not accept from customers at the point of transfer, used lead acid batteries of the type and in a quantity at least equal to the number of new batteries purchased, if offered by customers. A <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> accepting batteries in transfer from a <span class=\"dictionary\">battery<\/span> retailer shall be allowed a period not to exceed ninety days to remove batteries from the retail point of collection. <a id=\"paragraph-1289069\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1425.4\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> found guilty of a violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars. Each <span class=\"dictionary\">battery<\/span> unlawfully refused by a wholesaler or not removed from the retail point of collection within ninety days shall constitute a separate violation. <a id=\"paragraph-1289070\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1425.4\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLEAD ACID BATTERY WHOLESALERS; PENALTY (\u00a7 10.1-1425.4)\n\nA. It shall be unlawful for any person selling new lead acid batteries at\nwholesale to not accept from customers at the point of transfer, used lead acid\nbatteries of the type and in a quantity at least equal to the number of new\nbatteries purchased, if offered by customers. A person accepting batteries in\ntransfer from a battery retailer shall be allowed a period not to exceed ninety\ndays to remove batteries from the retail point of collection.\n\nB. Any person found guilty of a violation of this section shall be punished by a\nfine of not more than fifty dollars. Each battery unlawfully refused by a\nwholesaler or not removed from the retail point of collection within ninety days\nshall constitute a separate violation.\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"}}