W. Va. Code § 47-1A-3

Current through 2024 First Special Session

Section 47-1A-3 - Sales of new or secondhand bedding prohibited unless tagged; sales of secondhand filling material as new prohibited; presence of secondhand material or bedding as evidence of sale or use

No person shall sell as new any article of bedding unless it is made from all new material and shall be tagged as hereinafter provided.

No person shall sell, representing it to be new material, any secondhand hair, down, feathers, wool, cotton, kapok or other material used for filling articles of bedding.

No person shall sell any article of bedding made from secondhand material unless it shall be tagged as hereinafter provided.

For the purposes of this article, the presence on the premises of any maker or vendor of any secondhand filling material or article of bedding shall be presumptive evidence of the sale or use.

W. Va. Code § 47-1A-3