{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-47-1a-3","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 47-1A-3","heading":"Sales of new or secondhand bedding prohibited unless tagged; sales of secondhand filling material as new prohibited; presence of secondhand material or bedding as evidence of sale or use.","body":"No person shall sell as new any article of bedding unless it is made from all new material and shall be tagged as hereinafter provided.\nNo person shall sell, representing it to be new material, any secondhand hair, down, feathers, wool, cotton, kapok or other material used for filling articles of bedding.\nNo person shall sell any article of bedding made from secondhand material unless it shall be tagged as hereinafter provided.\nFor the purposes of this article, the presence on the premises of any maker or vendor of any secondhand filling material or article of bedding shall be presumptive evidence of the sale or use.","path":["CHAPTER 47. REGULATION OF TRADE.","ARTICLE 1A. REGULATION AND CONTROL OF BEDDING AND UPHOLSTERY BUSINESSES."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/47-1A-3/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:04Z","sha256":"695a7fb731dc11f471d0e7445a6adf1cf31ff3e6a8b5257e7576918660f7cf51","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-47-1a-2","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-47-1a-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}