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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1968, chapter 439.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1490201,"object_type":"law","relational_id":372690,"identifier":"59.1-132","token":"59.1\/9\/3\/59.1-132","url":"\/59.1-132\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-132\/","token":"59.1\/9\/3\/59.1-132","dublin_core":{"Title":"Tag to be affixed to watch","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-132","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation engaged in the business of buying or selling watches, or any agent or servant thereof, who may sell or exchange, or offer for sale or exchange, expose for sale or exchange, possess with the intent<\/span> to sell or exchange, or display with the intent<\/span> to sell or exchange any secondhand watch, shall affix and keep affixed to the same a tag with the words “secondhand” clearly and legibly written or printed thereon, and the tag shall be so placed that the words “secondhand” shall be in plain sight at all times.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTAG TO BE AFFIXED TO WATCH (\u00a7 59.1-132)\n\nAny person, firm, partnership, association or corporation engaged in the\nbusiness of buying or selling watches, or any agent or servant thereof, who may\nsell or exchange, or offer for sale or exchange, expose for sale or exchange,\npossess with the intent to sell or exchange, or display with the intent to sell\nor exchange any secondhand watch, shall affix and keep affixed to the same a tag\nwith the words “secondhand” clearly and legibly written or printed\nthereon, and the tag shall be so placed that the words “secondhand”\nshall be in plain sight at all times.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 59-157; 1968, c. 439.","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"}}