32.1-215 - Disposal restricted.
§ 32.1-215. Disposal restricted.
No person engaged in commerce shall rent, offer or expose for sale, barter,give away, or dispose of in any other commercial manner any article ofbedding or upholstered furniture made, remade, reupholstered, or renovated inviolation of § 32.1-213 or 32.1-214 or any secondhand article of bedding orupholstered furniture unless since last used such secondhand article has beensanitized by a reasonable process approved by the Commissioner. However, aretailer may sell, give away, or rent used upholstered furniture when theused upholstered furniture has been purchased by the retailer as newfurniture and has been used in the course of business. Such used furnitureshall be (i) conspicuously identified as used furniture and (ii) reduced inprice, sold at auction, donated to charity, or made available for a rentalfee, and so tagged.
(Code 1950, § 32-119; 1952, c. 530; 1956, c. 530; 1979, c. 711; 2005, c. 391.)