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This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 917<\/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":[{"id":372695,"section_number":"59.1-136.2","catch_line":"Purchases of ferrous scrap","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-136.2\/"},{"id":372696,"section_number":"59.1-136.3","catch_line":"Purchases of nonferrous scrap, metal articles, and proprietary articles","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-136.3\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1490235,"object_type":"law","relational_id":372697,"identifier":"59.1-136.4","token":"59.1\/9\/4\/59.1-136.4","url":"\/59.1-136.4\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-136.4\/","token":"59.1\/9\/4\/59.1-136.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Purchases of materials from minors","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-136.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Scrap metal processors<\/span> shall not purchase ferrous scrap<\/span>, nonferrous scrap<\/span>, metal articles<\/span>, proprietary articles<\/span>, or other scrap metal from any person under the age of 18 years.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPURCHASES OF MATERIALS FROM MINORS (\u00a7 59.1-136.4)\n\nScrap metal processors shall not purchase ferrous scrap, nonferrous scrap, metal\narticles, proprietary articles, or other scrap metal from any person under the\nage of 18 years.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, c. 917.","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"}}