Any action brought under this chapter shall be commenced within the lemon law rights period. However, any consumer whose good faith attempts to settle the dispute pursuant to the informal dispute settlement provisions of § 59.1-207.15 have not resulted in the satisfactory resolution of the matter shall have (i) 12 months from the date of the final action taken by the manufacturer in its dispute settlement procedure, if such procedure was resorted to within the lemon law rights period, or (ii) the original lemon law rights period, whichever is longer, to file an action in the proper court.
Va. Code Ann. § 59.1-207.16
Action to be brought within certain time
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 3 court decisions — leading case Waldron v. Subaru of America, Inc. (1990)
Most recently applied in Kniska v. Subaru of America, Inc. (April 2003)
1988, c. 603; 1990, c. 772; 1999, c. 387; 2022, c. 411.
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Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.