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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0917\">917<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":372697,"section_number":"59.1-136.4","catch_line":"Purchases of materials from minors","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-136.4\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1490227,"object_type":"law","relational_id":372695,"identifier":"59.1-136.2","token":"59.1\/9\/4\/59.1-136.2","url":"\/59.1-136.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-136.2\/","token":"59.1\/9\/4\/59.1-136.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Purchases of ferrous scrap","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-136.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Except as provided in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Purchases of materials from minors\" href=\"\/59.1-136.4\/\">59.1-136.4<\/a>, <span class=\"dictionary\">scrap metal processors<\/span> may purchase <span class=\"dictionary\">ferrous scrap<\/span> directly from any person.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPURCHASES OF FERROUS SCRAP (\u00a7 59.1-136.2)\n\nExcept as provided in \u00a7 59.1-136.4, scrap metal processors may purchase ferrous\nscrap directly from any person.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, c. 917.","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"}}