Any consumer who suffers loss by reason of a violation of any provision of this chapter may bring a civil action to enforce such provision. Any consumer who is successful in such an action or any defendant in any frivolous action brought by a consumer shall recover reasonable attorney's fees, expert witness fees and court costs incurred by bringing such actions.
Va. Code Ann. § 59.1-207.14
Action to enforce provisions of chapter
Known as the Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act
The act spans §§ 59.1-207.10 to 59.1-207.9 (9 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Maximus, Inc. v. Lockheed Information Management Systems Co. (1998)
Most recently applied in RECP IV WG Land Investors, L.L.C. v. Capital One Bank (USA), N.A. (May 2016)
1984, c. 773; 1988, c. 603.
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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.