32.1-225 - Exemptions.
§ 32.1-225. Exemptions.
A. The provisions of this article shall not apply to:
1. Any items of bedding or upholstered furniture sold under the order of anycourt or pursuant to § 55-419, any sale of a decedent's estate or any sale byany individual of his household effects.
2. Any interstate public carrier.
3. Any state institution, agency or department unless such institution,agency or department offers for sale to the public items of bedding orupholstered furniture manufactured, reupholstered or renovated by it.
4. Any retailer who sells, gives away, or rents used upholstered furniturethat has been purchased by the retailer as new furniture and has been used inthe course of business when such used furniture has been (i) conspicuouslyidentified as used furniture and (ii) reduced in price, sold at auction,donated to charity, or made available for a rental fee, and so tagged.
B. Any person who sells at retail, exclusively on a consignment basis,articles of bedding that are handmade by individuals and whose gross annualreceipts from the sale of such articles are not in excess of $2,000 shall bedeemed to be the manufacturer of such articles and shall not be required toobtain a license to make such articles. Each such article shall have a labelaffixed stating the kind of filling materials used in such article but shallbe exempt from any other requirement as to tags set forth in this article.
(Code 1950, § 32-127; 1979, c. 711; 1989, c. 130; 2001, c. 454; 2005, c. 391.)