Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation engaged in the business of buying or selling watches, or any agent or servant thereof, who may sell a secondhand watch or in any other way pass title thereto shall deliver to the vendee a written invoice bearing the words "secondhand watch" in bold letters, larger than any of the other written matter upon such invoice. Such invoice shall further set forth the name and address of the vendor, the name and address of the vendee, the date of the sale, the name of the watch or its maker, and the serial numbers (if any), and any other distinguishing numbers or identification marks upon its case and movements. If the serial numbers or other distinguishing numbers or identification marks shall have been erased, defaced, removed, altered or covered, such invoice shall so state. The vendor shall keep on file a duplicate of such invoice for at least five years from the date of the sale thereof, which shall be open to inspection during all business hours by the law-enforcement officers of the county or city in which the vendor is engaged in business.
Code 1950, § 59-158; 1968, c. 439.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce
Chapter 9 - Secondhand Articles
§ 59.1-117. Permit required for trading in secondhand building fixtures
§ 59.1-118. Permit issued by chief of police or sheriff; revocation
§ 59.1-119. Who deemed a dealer
§ 59.1-119.1. Dealer required to show permit and identification
§ 59.1-120. Recordkeeping requirements
§ 59.1-121. Reports to be made to chief of police or sheriff
§ 59.1-122. Books and places of business open to inspection
§ 59.1-123. Exemptions from article
§ 59.1-124. Penalty for violation
§ 59.1-125. When unlawful to buy
§ 59.1-126. Receipt or bill of sale to be taken by buyer; sales procedures
§ 59.1-127. Violation of § 59.1-125 or § 59.1-126 a misdemeanor; revocation of dealer's license
§ 59.1-128. When unlawful to buy, exchange, etc., secondhand copper or aluminum wire
§ 59.1-129. Requirements when articles mentioned in § 59.1-128 are bought, exchanged, etc.
§ 59.1-130. Punishment for violation of § 59.1-128 or § 59.1-129
§ 59.1-131. When watch deemed secondhand
§ 59.1-132. Tag to be affixed to watch
§ 59.1-133. Invoice to be furnished to purchaser
§ 59.1-134. Advertisement or display
§ 59.1-135. Penalty for violation
§ 59.1-136. Pawnbrokers' auction sales exempted
§ 59.1-136.2. Purchases of ferrous scrap
§ 59.1-136.3. Purchases of nonferrous scrap, metal articles, and proprietary articles
§ 59.1-136.4. Purchases of materials from minors
§ 59.1-136.5. Reports of purchases by scrap metal purchasers