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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 618 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 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1989, chapter 240.<\/p>","references":[{"id":373087,"section_number":"59.1-41.5","catch_line":"Confiscation of nonconforming recorded devices","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-41.5\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1488291,"object_type":"law","relational_id":373086,"identifier":"59.1-41.4","token":"59.1\/3.1\/59.1-41.4","url":"\/59.1-41.4\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-41.4\/","token":"59.1\/3.1\/59.1-41.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Recorded devices to show true name of manufacturer","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-41.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Ninety days after July 1, 1972, every recorded device sold, rented or transferred or possessed for the purpose of sale, rental or transfer by any manufacturer, distributor, or wholesale or retail merchant shall contain on its packaging the true name and address of the manufacturer. The term “manufacturer” shall not include the manufacturer of the cartridge or casing itself. The term “recorded device” means the tangible medium upon which sounds or images are recorded or otherwise stored, and includes any phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, videocassette, film or other medium now known or later developed on which sounds or images are recorded or otherwise stored.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECORDED DEVICES TO SHOW TRUE NAME OF MANUFACTURER (\u00a7 59.1-41.4)\n\nNinety days after July 1, 1972, every recorded device sold, rented or\ntransferred or possessed for the purpose of sale, rental or transfer by any\nmanufacturer, distributor, or wholesale or retail merchant shall contain on its\npackaging the true name and address of the manufacturer. The term\n“manufacturer” shall not include the manufacturer of the cartridge\nor casing itself. The term “recorded device” means the tangible\nmedium upon which sounds or images are recorded or otherwise stored, and\nincludes any phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, videocassette, film or other\nmedium now known or later developed on which sounds or images are recorded or\notherwise stored.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 618; 1989, c. 240.","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"}}