Counties to Regulate Sale of Property – Virginia Law

Annotated Code of Virginia
Title 15.2. Counties, Cities and Towns 
Subtitle II. Powers of Local Government
Chapter 12. General Powers and Procedures of Counties 
Article 1. Miscellaneous Powers

§ 15.2-1232.1. Auctions; pawnshops; secondhand dealers; peddling; fraud and deceit in sales; weights and measures

A county may regulate the sale of property at auction; may regulate the conduct of and prescribe the number of pawnshops and dealers in secondhand goods, wares and merchandise; may regulate or prohibit peddling; may prevent fraud or deceit in the sale of property; may require weighing, measuring, gauging and inspection of goods, wares and merchandise offered for sale; and may provide for the sealing of weights and measures and the inspection and testing thereof.

Cite as Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1232.