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Va. Code Ann. § 13.1-557

Short title

Known as the Retail Franchising Act

The act spans §§ 13–13 (20 sections).

Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Westfield Centre Service, Inc. v. Cities Service Oil Co. (1981)

Most recently applied in JGB Industries, Inc. v. Simon-Telelect, Inc. (May 1998)

1972, c. 561.

How often courts cite this section

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citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

This chapter shall be known as the "Retail Franchising Act."

Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.