Goods imported in foreign commerce shall not acquire a situs for property taxation in the Commonwealth or any county, city or town thereof until they lose their status as imports. Such goods shall be deemed to lose their status as imports when the original package or container in which they were imported is broken, or if such goods are not packaged, when such property has reached its second place of rest or storage after being unloaded from the airplane, vehicle or vessel in which it was imported, after initial sale, or after such goods have been committed by the importer to current operational needs.
Code 1950, § 58-834.2; 1976, c. 716; 1984, c. 675.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 35 - Tangible Personal Property, Machinery and Tools and Merchants' Capital
§ 58.1-3500. Defined and segregated for local taxation
§ 58.1-3501. Tangible personal property leased to agency of federal, state or local government
§ 58.1-3503. General classification of tangible personal property
§ 58.1-3506. Other classifications of tangible personal property for taxation
§ 58.1-3506.2. Restrictions and conditions
§ 58.1-3506.3. Permanently and totally disabled defined
§ 58.1-3506.4. Local restrictions and conditions; model ordinance
§ 58.1-3506.7. Effective date; change in circumstances
§ 58.1-3508.1. Separate classification of machinery and tools used in semiconductor manufacturing
§ 58.1-3508.2. Separate classification of machinery and tools used in other businesses
§ 58.1-3509. Merchants' capital subject to local taxation; rate limit
§ 58.1-3510. Definition of merchants' capital
§ 58.1-3510.01. Separate classification of merchants' capital of pharmaceutical wholesalers
§ 58.1-3510.02. Separate classification of certain merchants' capital of wholesalers and retailers
§ 58.1-3510.4. Short-term rental property; short-term rental businesses
§ 58.1-3510.5. Renter's certificate of registration
§ 58.1-3510.6. Short-term rental property tax
§ 58.1-3510.7. Exemptions; penalties
§ 58.1-3513. When imports deemed to acquire situs
§ 58.1-3514. When cargo in transit not deemed to have acquired a situs for taxation
§ 58.1-3515. Tax day January 1
§ 58.1-3516. Proration of personal property tax
§ 58.1-3516.1. Payment of taxes prorated under § 58.1-3516
§ 58.1-3516.2. Payment of taxes on leased property by lessee; information to be furnished by lessor
§ 58.1-3517. Department of Taxation to prescribe and furnish forms of returns; use of local forms
§ 58.1-3518. Taxpayers to file returns
§ 58.1-3518.1. Alternative method of filing returns for motor vehicles, trailers and boats
§ 58.1-3519. Commissioner to assess property if taxpayer fails to file return