It is the intent of the General Assembly that this chapter shall be applied as remedial legislation to promote fair and ethical standards of dealings between suppliers and the consuming public.
Va. Code Ann. § 59.1-197
Intent
Known as the Virginia Consumer Protection Act
The act spans §§ 59–59 (15 sections).
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case Branin v. TMC Enterprises, LLC (2011)
Most recently applied in BHR Recovery Cmtys., Inc. v. Top Seek, LLC (November 2018)
1977, c. 635.
How often courts cite this section
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.
Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.