Firewood

Firewood The Virginia Department ot Agriculture and Consumer Services tVDACS) is responsible tor the regulation ot fuel wood sales. According to their standards, all bulk deliveries ot firewood for home heating must be measured m cords, or tractions or multiples of a cord Section 15.2 ot VDACS Regulation 115-04 04 specifies that wooa for use as fuel in bulk form shall Oe advertised. offered for 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 pile when advertising, offering tor sale, or selling wood for use as fuel It the buyer visually inspects a truckload ot wood and agrees to a selling price for that load, the term truckload may be used. A standard pick up truck usually holds about twotnuds of a cord. The Regulation defines a cord as the amount of wood contained in a space ot 125 cubic feet with the pieces ranked m rows touching and parallel to eacn other stacked com pactiy A standard cord measures 8 ‘eet long by •i feet high and 4 feet wide The Regulation also requires presentation of a delivery ticket or sales invoice stating quantity and price upon delivery by the seller to the pufchasei Failure to comply wth this Regulation is a Class. A misdemeanor The 'aw also requires that the seller present a delivery ticker of sates invoice upon delivery ot any nonpaCkaged fireplace or stove wood in addition to the seller s name and address the ticket must contain the purchaser s name and address, the date of delivery the quantity delivered, the quantity upon which the pnce s based it it differs from me delivery quantity * and the total pr»ce of the amount delivered. To tile a compiamt contact our Office ot Product and industry Standards Weights & Measures. Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services toll free at r SOU 552 >3