§ 32.1-212 Definitions
§ 32.1-213 Shoddy, secondhand filling material, feathers, animal hair and down to be sanitized
§ 32.1-214 New animal hair, feathers and down to be sterilized
§ 32.1-215 Disposal restricted
§ 32.1-216 Permit for use of process to sanitize or sterilize
§ 32.1-217 License and registration number; renewal; licenses not transferable; responsibility of branch factories
§ 32.1-218 Fees
§ 32.1-219 Tags required
§ 32.1-220 Same; filling material
§ 32.1-221 Offenses as to tags
§ 32.1-222 Return of improperly tagged items; payment of costs of return; failure to pay costs
§ 32.1-223 New and sanitized items to be kept separate
§ 32.1-224 Administration and enforcement by Commissioner; refusal, suspension or revocation of license or permit
§ 32.1-225 Exemptions
§ 32.1-226 Violation a misdemeanor; application of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act

Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 32.1 > Chapter 6 > Article 7 - Bedding and Upholstered Furniture

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Bedding: means any mattress, mattress pad, box spring, upholstered bed, davenport, upholstered sofa bed, quilted pad, comforter, bolster, cushion, pillow, featherbed, sleeping bag, or any other bag, case or cover made of leather, textile or other material which is stuffed or filled in whole or in part with concealed substance, which can be used by any human being for sleeping or reclining purposes. See Virginia Code 32.1-212
  • Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
  • City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Department: means the State Department of Health. See Virginia Code 32.1-3
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Filling material: means cotton, wool, feathers, kapok, down, plant or vegetable fibers, or any other material or substance or combination thereof, loose or in batting, pads, or any prefabricated form, that is used or that may be used in articles of bedding or upholstered furniture. See Virginia Code 32.1-212
  • Importer: means any person who for the purpose of manufacture or resale receives bedding, upholstered furniture or filling material from any country other than the United States. See Virginia Code 32.1-212
  • Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Locality: means a county, city, or town as the context may require. See Virginia Code 1-221
  • New: means not previously used for any purpose. See Virginia Code 32.1-212
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, or association or any other legal entity. See Virginia Code 32.1-3
  • Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
  • real estate: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights and appurtenances thereto and interests therein, other than a chattel interest. See Virginia Code 1-219
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Secondhand: means having been made prior use of or containing any filling material of which prior use has been made. See Virginia Code 32.1-212
  • Shoddy: means any material which has been spun into yarn, knit or woven into fabric and subsequently cut up, torn up, broken or ground up. See Virginia Code 32.1-212
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
  • Taxpayer: includes every person, corporation, partnership, organization, trust or estate subject to taxation under the laws of this Commonwealth, or under the ordinances, resolutions or orders of any county, city, town or other political subdivision of this Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 58.1-1
  • Town: means any existing town or an incorporated community within one or more counties which became a town before noon, July 1, 1971, as provided by law or which has within defined boundaries a population of 1,000 or more and which has become a town as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-254
  • United States: includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-255
  • Upholstered furniture: means any article of furniture designed to be used for sitting, resting, or reclining that is wholly or partly stuffed or filled with any filling material. See Virginia Code 32.1-212