Refund for unused stamps, meter and imprints.
Norfolk City Code § 24-316
in effectSec. 24-316. - Refund for unused stamps, meter and imprints.
(a) Should any person, after acquiring from the city treasurer any stamps provided for in this article cease to be engaged in a business necessitating the use thereof, or should any such stamps become mutilated and unfit for use, other than by cancellation, such person shall be entitled to a refund of the denominational or face amount of any such stamps so acquired and not used by him, less six (6) percent of the denominational or face amount thereof, upon presenting such stamps to the commissioner of the revenue and furnishing the commissioner of the revenue with an affidavit showing to his satisfaction that such stamps were acquired by such person and have not in any manner been used, and the reason for requesting the refund. In the case of any authorized meter machine, should any imprints of such machine theretofore paid for not be used, such person shall, upon furnishing the commissioner of the revenue with a similar affidavit, be entitled to a refund of the denominational or face amount thereof, less six (6) percent of the denominational or face amount of imprints of the machine not so used.
(b) Any and all refunds for unused and mutilated stamps and for nonuse of imprints of such stamps by meter machines provided for under this section are hereby authorized to be made on vouchers approved by the commissioner of the revenue and, when made, the same shall be charged against the sums collected for the sale of the stamps and for the use of such imprints.
(Ord. No. 25,496, § 9, 5-26-70)
Source: City of Norfolk, Virginia, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/va/norfolk/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COCI_CH24LITA_ARTXCITA_S24-316REUNSTMEIMFetched: 11/1/2026