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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0367\">367<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1467867,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369115,"identifier":"54.1-607","token":"54.1\/II\/6\/54.1-607","url":"\/54.1-607\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-607\/","token":"54.1\/II\/6\/54.1-607","dublin_core":{"Title":"Advertising; absolute auctions involving real property","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-607","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> No advertisements for any <span class=\"dictionary\">auction<\/span> sale of personal or real property shall contain false, misleading, or deceptive statements, with respect to types or conditions of merchandise offered at <span class=\"dictionary\">auction<\/span>, why merchandise is being sold, who has ownership, where the merchandise was obtained, or the terms and conditions of the <span class=\"dictionary\">auction<\/span> and sale. <a id=\"paragraph-1376449\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-607\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> No <span class=\"dictionary\">auctioneer<\/span> shall advertise an <span class=\"dictionary\">auction<\/span> sale of real property as &#8220;absolute&#8221; unless all lots included in the sale meet that criteria. <a id=\"paragraph-1376450\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/54.1-607\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADVERTISING; ABSOLUTE AUCTIONS INVOLVING REAL PROPERTY (\u00a7 54.1-607)\n\nA. No advertisements for any auction sale of personal or real property shall\ncontain false, misleading, or deceptive statements, with respect to types or\nconditions of merchandise offered at auction, why merchandise is being sold, who\nhas ownership, where the merchandise was obtained, or the terms and conditions\nof the auction and sale.\n\nB. No auctioneer shall advertise an auction sale of real property as\n&#8220;absolute&#8221; unless all lots included in the sale meet that criteria.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 367.","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"}}