{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-5205","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28-5205","heading":"Exemptions.","body":"This chapter does not apply to:\n\n(1)\nPrepackaged food that contains separately identifiable items that are separated by physical division within the package;\n\n(2)\nAny item sold only by prescription;\n\n(3)\nAny item subject to the packaging or labeling requirements of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms or to any pricing requirements under federal law;\n\n(4)\nAny item actually being sold through a vending machine;\n\n(5)\nAny item delivered directly to a retail sales agency without passing through warehousing or other inventory facility used by the agency;\n\n(6)\nCommodities packaged in quantities of less than 28 grams (one ounce) or 29 milliliters (one fluid ounce) or when the total retail price is 50 cents or less;\n\n(7)\nWhen only one brand of a particular commodity in only one size is offered for sale in a particular retail establishment;\n\n(8)\nVariety packages;\n\n(9)\nCombination packages; or\n\n(10)\nA person with less than $30 million in gross volume of sales of consumer commodities and to whom at least one of the following applies:\n(A)\nDuring the preceding calendar year, sold a gross volume of consumer commodities of less than $750,000;\n(B)\nIs not part of a company which consists of 10 or more sales agencies in or out of the District of Columbia;\n(C)\nDerives less than 15% of its total revenues from consumer commodities subject to this chapter; or\n(D)\nIs owned and operated by not more than one individual and the members of the person’s immediate family.","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Chapter 52. Unit Pricing Requirements."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28-5205","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"b6ae13b265f1e368a87741a9da48b6e6d8ab8f667e96e46e3e7cd71bd1a44d18","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-5204","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-5206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}