{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/51.5-101.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/51.5-101.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/51.5-101.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/51.5-101.html"}],"law_id":367217,"edition_id":2,"section_id":367217,"structure_id":52326,"section_number":"51.5-101","catch_line":"Registration of manufacturers and distributors of goods made by blind persons; authorization to use official stamp, label, etc","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 63-204.26; 1966, c. 169; 1968, c. 578, \u00a7 63.1-167; 2002, c. 747.","full_text":"To facilitate ready and authoritative identification of goods or articles made by blind persons, any person and any public or private institution or agency, firm, association or corporation engaged in the manufacture or distribution of goods or articles made by a blind person or persons shall apply to the Department for a registration and authorization to use an official imprint, stamp, symbol or label, designed or approved by the Department, to identify goods and articles as made by blind persons. Nothing in this article shall authorize the identification of goods or articles as made by blind persons when the labor performed by blind persons in connection therewith shall consist solely of the packaging or packing thereof as distinguished from the preparation, processing or assembling of such goods or articles; nor shall any package the contents of which are not blind-made carry the label “packaged by the blind” or words of similar import. The Department shall investigate each application, under regulations it shall adopt for the administration of this article, to assure that such person or organization is actually engaged in the manufacture or distribution of blind-made goods or articles. The Department may register, without investigation, nonresident individuals and out-of-state agencies, firms, associations or corporations upon proof that they are recognized and approved by the state of their residence or organization pursuant to a law of such state imposing requirements substantially similar to those prescribed pursuant to this article. All registrations shall be valid for one year from date of issue. Nothing in this article shall be deemed to prohibit the offering for sale or sale by a blind person of an article or articles made by such blind person without application for registration or to require the labeling of such article or articles.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1367229,"text":"To facilitate ready and authoritative identification of goods or articles made by blind persons, any person and any public or private institution or agency, firm, association or corporation engaged in the manufacture or distribution of goods or articles made by a blind person or persons shall apply to the Department for a registration and authorization to use an official imprint, stamp, symbol or label, designed or approved by the Department, to identify goods and articles as made by blind persons. Nothing in this article shall authorize the identification of goods or articles as made by blind persons when the labor performed by blind persons in connection therewith shall consist solely of the packaging or packing thereof as distinguished from the preparation, processing or assembling of such goods or articles; nor shall any package the contents of which are not blind-made carry the label “packaged by the blind” or words of similar import. The Department shall investigate each application, under regulations it shall adopt for the administration of this article, to assure that such person or organization is actually engaged in the manufacture or distribution of blind-made goods or articles. The Department may register, without investigation, nonresident individuals and out-of-state agencies, firms, associations or corporations upon proof that they are recognized and approved by the state of their residence or organization pursuant to a law of such state imposing requirements substantially similar to those prescribed pursuant to this article. All registrations shall be valid for one year from date of issue. Nothing in this article shall be deemed to prohibit the offering for sale or sale by a blind person of an article or articles made by such blind person without application for registration or to require the labeling of such article or articles.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":52326,"edition_id":2,"name":"Sale of Goods Made by the Blind","identifier":"5","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":4,"parent_id":52324,"metadata":{"child_laws":5,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:57:37","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:41","permalink":{"id":1463617,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52326,"identifier":"5","token":"51.5\/12\/5","url":"\/51.5\/12\/5\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52324,"edition_id":2,"name":"Persons Who Are Blind and Vision Impaired","identifier":"12","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":14,"parent_id":52322,"metadata":{"child_laws":46,"child_structures":5},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:57:37","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:40","permalink":{"id":1463443,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52324,"identifier":"12","token":"51.5\/12","url":"\/51.5\/12\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":52322,"edition_id":2,"name":"Persons With Disabilities","identifier":"51.5","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":111,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":166,"child_structures":34},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:57:37","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:34:37","permalink":{"id":1463395,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":52322,"identifier":"51.5","token":"51.5","url":"\/51.5\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":367217,"structure_id":52326,"section_number":"51.5-101","catch_line":"Registration of manufacturers and distributors of goods made by blind persons; authorization to use official stamp, label, etc","url":"\/51.5-101\/","token":"51.5\/12\/5\/51.5-101","metadata":false},{"id":367218,"structure_id":52326,"section_number":"51.5-102","catch_line":"Goods not to be represented as made by blind persons unless identified as such by label, stamp, etc.; what goods may be so identified","url":"\/51.5-102\/","token":"51.5\/12\/5\/51.5-102","metadata":false},{"id":367219,"structure_id":52326,"section_number":"51.5-103","catch_line":"How goods made by blind persons to be stamped or labeled","url":"\/51.5-103\/","token":"51.5\/12\/5\/51.5-103","metadata":false},{"id":367220,"structure_id":52326,"section_number":"51.5-104","catch_line":"Use of words \"State,\" \"Commonwealth,\" or \"Virginia.\"","url":"\/51.5-104\/","token":"51.5\/12\/5\/51.5-104","metadata":false},{"id":367221,"structure_id":52326,"section_number":"51.5-105","catch_line":"Certain acts declared misdemeanors","url":"\/51.5-105\/","token":"51.5\/12\/5\/51.5-105","metadata":false}],"next_section":{"id":367218,"structure_id":52326,"section_number":"51.5-102","catch_line":"Goods not to be represented as made by blind persons unless identified as such by label, stamp, etc.; what goods may be so identified","url":"\/51.5-102\/","token":"51.5\/12\/5\/51.5-102","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/51.5-101\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 169; in 1968, chapter 578; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1463619,"object_type":"law","relational_id":367217,"identifier":"51.5-101","token":"51.5\/12\/5\/51.5-101","url":"\/51.5-101\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.5-101\/","token":"51.5\/12\/5\/51.5-101","dublin_core":{"Title":"Registration of manufacturers and distributors of goods made by blind persons; authorization to use official stamp, label, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.5-101","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

To facilitate ready and authoritative identification of goods or articles made by blind persons<\/span>, any person and any public or private institution or agency, firm, association or corporation engaged in the manufacture or distribution of goods or articles made by a blind person<\/span> or persons shall apply to the Department<\/span> for a registration and authorization to use an official imprint, stamp, symbol or label, designed or approved by the Department<\/span>, to identify goods and articles as made by blind persons. Nothing in this article shall authorize the identification of goods or articles as made by blind persons when the labor performed by blind persons in connection therewith shall consist solely of the packaging or packing thereof as distinguished from the preparation, processing or assembling of such goods or articles; nor shall any package the contents of which are not blind-made carry the label “packaged by the blind” or words of similar import. The Department<\/span> shall investigate each application, under regulations it shall adopt for the administration of this article, to assure that such person or organization is actually engaged in the manufacture or distribution of blind-made goods or articles. The Department<\/span> may register, without investigation, nonresident individuals and out-of-state agencies, firms, associations or corporations upon proof that they are recognized and approved by the state of their residence or organization pursuant to a law<\/span> of such state imposing requirements substantially similar to those prescribed pursuant to this article. All registrations shall be valid for one year from date of issue<\/span>. Nothing in this article shall be deemed to prohibit the offering for sale or sale by a blind person<\/span> of an article or articles made by such blind person<\/span> without application for registration or to require the labeling of such article or articles.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGISTRATION OF MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF GOODS MADE BY BLIND PERSONS;\nAUTHORIZATION TO USE OFFICIAL STAMP, LABEL, ETC (\u00a7 51.5-101)\n\nTo facilitate ready and authoritative identification of goods or articles made\nby blind persons, any person and any public or private institution or agency,\nfirm, association or corporation engaged in the manufacture or distribution of\ngoods or articles made by a blind person or persons shall apply to the\nDepartment for a registration and authorization to use an official imprint,\nstamp, symbol or label, designed or approved by the Department, to identify\ngoods and articles as made by blind persons. Nothing in this article shall\nauthorize the identification of goods or articles as made by blind persons when\nthe labor performed by blind persons in connection therewith shall consist\nsolely of the packaging or packing thereof as distinguished from the\npreparation, processing or assembling of such goods or articles; nor shall any\npackage the contents of which are not blind-made carry the label “packaged\nby the blind” or words of similar import. The Department shall investigate\neach application, under regulations it shall adopt for the administration of\nthis article, to assure that such person or organization is actually engaged in\nthe manufacture or distribution of blind-made goods or articles. The Department\nmay register, without investigation, nonresident individuals and out-of-state\nagencies, firms, associations or corporations upon proof that they are\nrecognized and approved by the state of their residence or organization pursuant\nto a law of such state imposing requirements substantially similar to those\nprescribed pursuant to this article. All registrations shall be valid for one\nyear from date of issue. Nothing in this article shall be deemed to prohibit the\noffering for sale or sale by a blind person of an article or articles made by\nsuch blind person without application for registration or to require the\nlabeling of such article or articles.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 63-204.26; 1966, c. 169; 1968, c. 578, \u00a7 63.1-167; 2002,\nc. 747.","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"}}