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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>351058</law_id><section_number>18.2-495</section_number><catch_line>Presumptive evidence</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="52" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="11" identifier="12">Miscellaneous</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Liquefied Petroleum Gas Containers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The use of a <span class="dictionary">liquefied petroleum gas</span> container or containers by any <span class="dictionary">person</span> other than the <span class="dictionary">person</span> whose name, mark, initial, or device is on the <span class="dictionary">liquefied petroleum gas</span> container or containers, without written consent, or purchase of the marked and distinguished <span class="dictionary">liquefied petroleum gas</span> container for the sale of <span class="dictionary">liquefied petroleum gas</span> or filling or refilling with <span class="dictionary">liquefied petroleum gas</span>, or <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of the <span class="dictionary">liquefied petroleum gas</span> containers by any <span class="dictionary">person</span> other than the <span class="dictionary">person</span> having his name, mark, initial, or other device thereon, without the written consent of such <span class="dictionary">owner</span>, is presumptive <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of the unlawful use of, filling or refilling of, or trafficking in such <span class="dictionary">liquefied petroleum gas</span> containers.</p><p>The provisions of this section shall not apply to the filling, refilling, or otherwise delivering of <span class="dictionary">liquefied petroleum gas</span> into a <span class="dictionary">liquefied petroleum gas</span> container when such filling, refilling, or otherwise delivering of <span class="dictionary">liquefied petroleum gas</span> is done in accordance with subsection B of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Unlawful use of, filling or refilling, or trafficking in containers" href="/18.2-494/">18.2-494</a>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-400.3; 1970, c. 442; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2023, c. 531.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
