A municipal corporation may regulate the sale of property at auction; may regulate the conduct of and prescribe the number of pawnshops and dealers in secondhand goods, wares and merchandise; may regulate or prohibit peddling; may prevent fraud or deceit in the sale of property; may require weighing, measuring, gauging and inspection of goods, wares and merchandise offered for sale; and may provide for the sealing of weights and measures and the inspection and testing thereof.
Code 1950, § 15-77.30; 1958, c. 328; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-866; 1997, c. 587.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns
Chapter 11 - Powers of Cities and Towns
§ 15.2-1100. Powers conferred; exercised by council
§ 15.2-1101. Exercise of powers outside boundaries
§ 15.2-1103. Charter provisions not affected; conflict between chapter and charter
§ 15.2-1104. Taxes and assessments
§ 15.2-1104.1. Tax on admissions to charitable events
§ 15.2-1105. Borrowing money and issuing evidence of indebtedness
§ 15.2-1106. Control and management of affairs; books, records, accounts, etc., of agencies
§ 15.2-1107. Departments, offices, boards, etc.
§ 15.2-1108. Gifts, donations, bequests or grants
§ 15.2-1109. Milk, food and food products
§ 15.2-1110. Swimming pools, lakes and other waters
§ 15.2-1111. Regulation of cemeteries and burials
§ 15.2-1112. Aid to military units
§ 15.2-1113.1. Prohibiting hunting in certain areas
§ 15.2-1115. Abatement or removal of nuisances
§ 15.2-1116. Smoke; fuel-burning equipment
§ 15.2-1117. Light, ventilation, sanitation and use and occupancy of buildings
§ 15.2-1119. Hospitals, sanatoria, homes, clinics, etc.
§ 15.2-1120. Detentive, correctional and penal institutions
§ 15.2-1122. Parking or storage of vehicles
§ 15.2-1123. Airports and facilities
§ 15.2-1123.1. Lynchburg Regional Airport police department
§ 15.2-1125. Licenses and permits; fees; bonds or insurance
§ 15.2-1126. Posting of bond not prerequisite to exercise of right by municipality
§ 15.2-1127. Vacant building registration; civil penalty
§ 15.2-1128. City of Norfolk authorized to exchange information regarding criminal history
§ 15.2-1129. Encouragement of use of city facilities in certain cities
§ 15.2-1129.2. Creation of local economic revitalization zones
§ 15.2-1130. Liability for failure to provide adequate security or crowd control
§ 15.2-1131. Establishment of personnel system for city administrative officials and employees
§ 15.2-1132. Volunteer property maintenance and zoning inspectors in certain cities
§ 15.2-1133. Purchase of electric power and energy; duration of contracts; source of payments