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Firewood The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Con Sumer Services (VDACS' is responsible for Jbn regulation of fuel wood sales According to their standards all bulk deliv eries of firewood for home heating must be measured in cords or fractions or multiples of a cord Section 15 2 of VPAC$ Regulation 115 04 04 specifies that wood for use as fuel m bulk form shall be ad vertised, offered for sale and sold only by mea Sure, using the term cord and fractional parte of a cord or the cub": meter .Virginia law prohib its the use of terms such as face cord rack o» pit** when advertising offering for sale or selling wood for use as fuel If th« 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 two thirds Of a cord The Regulation defines a cord as the amount of wood contained in a space nt 128 cubic feet with the pieces ranked in row:touching and parallel to each other stacked com partly A standard cord measures 8 leet long by 4 feet high and 4 feel wide The Regulation also requires presenta tion of a delivery ticket or Bales invoice stating Quantity and price upon delivery by the seller 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 non packaged fireplace or stove wood In addition to the seller s name and ad dress the ticket must contain the purchaser - name and address thp dale of delivery the quantity delivered the quantity upon which th« price is based {if rt differs from the delivery quan tityl and the total pnee of the amount delivered To file a complaint contact Our Office of Product and industry Standards Weights A Measures Vif j gmia Depadment of Ag nculfure and Consume* Services ton free a* 1 800 55? 9963