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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>372023</law_id><section_number>58.1-3816</section_number><catch_line>Certain counties not to levy consumers&amp;#8217; utility tax if such counties levy tax on household goods and personal effects</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="125" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="III">Local Taxes</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="10" identifier="38">Miscellaneous Taxes</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="4" identifier="4">Consumer Utility Taxes</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No county with a population of over 150,000, shall <span class="dictionary">levy</span> a utility consumers&#x2019; tax as authorized by this article if such county levies a personal property tax on household goods and personal effects. Household goods shall be limited to furniture, furnishings, machinery, tools and appliances used by an owner or a member of his household in and about their place of residence.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-851.5; 1966, c. 542; 1984, c. 675.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
