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nrvwooa Th* Virginia Departmentof Agriculture and Consumer Services VDACS) is responsible for the regulation of fuel wooa saies According to thee standards, ail bulk cWiv enes or firewood tor horn# heating must be measured >n cords, or 'factions or multiples of a cwfl Section ♦62 of VDACS Regulation ft*>-04-04 specifies that wood tor use as fuef m buiK form shaii be advertised, offered tor sale and sold only by measure, using the term cord and fracbonaf parts of a cord, or the cubic meter Virginia law prohibits the use of terms such as ♦ace cord. rack, or pHe when advertising, offering for sale or selling wood tor use as fuel tt the buyer visually inspects a truckload of wood and agrees to a selling price tor that load the term truckload may be used. A standard pick up truck usually holes about two-thuds of a. cord T he Regulation defines a cord as the amount of wood contained m a space of cubic feet with the pieces ranked •r» rows touching and parallel to each other stacked compactly A standard cord measures 8 feet tong by 4 feet high and 4 feet wide The Regulation also ie> dunes presentation of a delivery ticket or sales invoice stating quantity and price upon delivery by the seller ‘o the purchaser failure to comply with this Regulation is a Ctass A misdemeanor The law also requires that the seller present a denvery ticket or safes invoice upon delivery of any non-packaged tireplace or stove wood In addition to the seller s name and address, the ticiset must contam the purchaser s name and address. the date of delivery, the quantity delivered, the quantity upon which the price s based lit it differs from the Jen very quantity) and the total price of the amount delivered To file 4 complaint contact our Office of .Product and Industry Standards Weights 4 Measures, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consume* Services t q t i tree at ♦ 800 562^*3

Seasoned firewood. $l3b,CoiO. 2 cord nuHinum. Ail ttrwwood $ » 6 S cord

AOS work Call 888-351 tt>60

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