{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-59.1-123","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 59.1-123","heading":"Exemptions from article","body":"The provisions of this article shall not apply to:1. The sale of secondhand material mentioned in § 59.1-117 taken from premises occupied by the owner, when sold by such owner on the premises, or the sale of such articles when purchased from a public utility corporation at its place of business or a governmental agency;2. Scrap metal purchasers as provided in Article 4 (§ 59.1-136.1 et seq.);3. Authorized scrap sellers;4. Public utilities;5. Public transportation companies;6. Peddlers permitted under § 59.1-118;7. Industrial and manufacturing companies;8. Marine, automobile, and aircraft salvage and wrecking companies;9. Governmental entities; or10. The donation of secondhand material mentioned in § 59.1-117 by the material's owner or the owner's contractor or subcontractor to a nonprofit corporation as defined in § 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code or the sale of such donated material by such a nonprofit corporation.Code 1950, § 59-151; 1968, c. 439; 2007, c. 917; 2011, c. 836; 2013, c. 414; 2015, c. 626.","path":["Title 59.1. TRADE AND COMMERCE","Chapter 9. SECONDHAND ARTICLES","Article 1. BUILDING FIXTURES"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/59.1-123/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:49Z","sha256":"d58a4e05a6a208c64b8467f00e5935a6d76643265d449d1585e3b1dd83cb3d75","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-59.1-122","next":"us-va/va.-code-59.1-124"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}