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It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1966, chapter 702; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1423789,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357838,"identifier":"3.2-4733","token":"3.2\/III\/47\/2\/3.2-4733","url":"\/3.2-4733\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-4733\/","token":"3.2\/III\/47\/2\/3.2-4733","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certificate establishing condition, quality, and grade to be furnished by Commissioner in event of dispute","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-4733","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If there is a dispute or disagreement between a consignor and a <span class=\"dictionary\">commission merchant<\/span> arising at the time of delivery as to condition, quality, grade, pack, quantity or weight of any lot, shipment or consignment of <span class=\"dictionary\">farm products<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall furnish, upon the payment by the requesting <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> of the necessary expenses, a certificate establishing the condition, quality, grade, pack, quantity or weight of such lot, shipment, or consignment. The certificate shall be prima facie <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> in all <span class=\"dictionary\">courts<\/span> of the Commonwealth as <span class=\"dictionary\">findings<\/span> at the time such inspection was made. 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The certificate\nshall be prima facie evidence in all courts of the Commonwealth as findings at\nthe time such inspection was made. The burden of proof shall be upon the\ncommission merchant to prove the correctness of his accounting as to any\ntransaction that may be questioned.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-559; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-717; 2008, c. 860.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}