Firewood

Firewood The Virginia Department at Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) is responsible for the regulation ot fuel wood saws. According to their standards. aS bufc deliveries of firewood for home heating must be measured in cords, or fractions or multiples of a cord. Section 15.2 of VDACS Regulation 115-04-04 specifies that wood for use as fuel in bufc form shall be advertised ollered tor sale and sold only by measure, using the term cord' and fractional parts of a cord, or the cubic meter. Virginia law prohibits the use of terms such as face cord, rack, or pie when advertising, offering tor sale, or selling wood tor use as fuel. If the buyer visually inspects a truckload of wood and agrees to a selling price for that load, the term truckload may be used. A standard pick-up truck usually holds about twothirds of a cord.The Regulation defines a cord as die amount of wood contained m a space of 128 cubic feet with the pieces ranked in rows touching and parallel to each other, stacked compactly. A standard cord measures 8 test long by 4 feet high and 4 feet wide. The Regulation also requires presentation of a dekvery ticket or sales invoice stating quantity and price upon delivery by the sellar to the purchaser. Failure to comply with this Regulation is a Class A misdemeanor. The law also, requires that the seller present a delivery ticket or sales invoice upon delivery of any nonpackaged fireplace or stove wood Inaddfiionto the seller's name and address, the ticket must contain the purchaser's name and atkfiees, the date of delivery, the quantity delivered the quantity upon which the price is based (if it (fitters from the delivery quantity), and the total price of the amount delivered To file a complaint, contact our Office of Product and Industry Standards, Weights A Measures Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services toll-free at 1-800-562-9963.