2006 Code of Virginia § 18.2-224 - "Going out of business" sales; counties, cities and towns to issue permits; inspections; applicat...

18.2-224. "Going out of business" sales; counties, cities and towns toissue permits; inspections; application for permit; inventory required;commingling of other goods prohibited; duration; additional permits;inclusion of permit number and dates in advertisements; fee.

Every county, town and city shall issue permits to retail merchants forspecial sales as required by 18.2-223 upon the application of such merchantand shall inspect the advertisement and conducting of such sale to insurethat it is being advertised and conducted in conformity with the requiredpermit.

All applications for special sale permits shall be accompanied by aninventory, including the kind and quantity of all goods which are to beoffered for sale during the sale and only the goods specified in theinventory list may be advertised or sold during the sale period. Goods notincluded on the inventory of special sale goods shall not be commingled withor added to the special sale goods. Each county, city or town shall have theright to revoke a special sale permit upon proof that goods not appearing onthe original inventory of special sale goods have been commingled with oradded to the special sale goods.

Each special sale permit shall be valid for a period of no longer than sixtydays, and any extension of that time shall constitute a new special sale andshall require an additional permit and inventory. A maximum of one permitbeyond the initial sixty-day permit may be granted solely for the purpose ofliquidating only those goods contained in the initial inventory list whichremain unsold.

Any person who advertises such sale shall conspicuously include in theadvertisement the permit number assigned for the sale by the city, town orcounty wherein the sale is to be conducted and the effective dates of thesale as authorized in the permit.

Each county, town and city is authorized to charge a fee for the issuance ofspecial sale permits. Such fee shall not exceed sixty-five dollars for eachpermit.

(Code 1950, 59.1-53.2; 1972, c. 399; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1983, c. 445; 1988,c. 779; 1992, c. 562.)