{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-3.2-4721","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 3.2-4721","heading":"Investigation of transactions by Commissioner","body":"The Commissioner, upon the verified complaint of any interested party shall, or upon his own motion may, investigate:1. Any transaction involving solicitation, receipt, sale, or attempted sale of farm products by any person acting or attempting to act as a commission merchant;2. The failure of any commission merchant to make proper and true account of sales and settlement as required in this article;3. Any transaction in which produce consigned to a commission merchant is disposed of to a person composed substantially of the same persons as stockholders, members, or others, who compose the commission merchant;4. The intentional making of false statements by a commission merchant as to condition, grade, or quality of any farm products received or in storage;5. The intentional making of false statements by a commission merchant as to market condition;6. The failure of any commission merchant to make payment for farm products within the time required by this article; or7. Any other injurious transaction arising out of the sale of farm produce on commission.Code 1950, § 3-544; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-702; 2008, c. 860.","path":["Title 3.2. AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL CARE, AND FOOD","Subtitle III. PRODUCTION AND SALE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS","Chapter 47. SALE OF FARM PRODUCE","Article 2. COMMISSION MERCHANTS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/3.2-4721/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:19Z","sha256":"ff96de8fef094805231c975cb5cb2f0969d8acba240d8b794d0abeb13e6fe5df","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-3.2-4720","next":"us-va/va.-code-3.2-4722"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}