Code of Virginia - Title 18.2 Crimes And Offenses Generally - Section 18.2-116 Failure to pay for or return goods delivered for selection or approval

§ 18.2-116. Failure to pay for or return goods delivered for selection or approval

If any person shall solicit and obtain from any merchant any goods, wares or merchandise for examination or approval, and shall thereafter, upon written demand, refuse or fail to return the same to such merchant in unused condition, or to pay for the same, such person so offending shall be deemed guilty of the larceny thereof. But the provisions of this section shall not apply unless such written demand be made within five days after delivery, and unless the goods, wares or merchandise shall have attached to them or to the package in which they are contained a label, card or tag containing the words, "Delivered for selection or approval."

(Code 1950, § 18.1-117; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.)

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