Virginia Home Solicitation Sales Act
Virginia · 59.1 · §§ 59.1-21.1 to 59.1-21.7:1 · 8 sections
Overview
The Home Solicitation Sales Act governs consumer sales arising from solicitations made at the buyer's home, and it centers on a right of cancellation that the buyer may exercise after signing. It requires the seller to complete the sales agreement before the buyer signs it, to include prescribed notice of the cancellation right along with a notice of cancellation form, and it spells out what the seller and the buyer each owe the other once a sale is cancelled; it also restricts the promissory notes or other evidence of indebtedness a buyer may be asked to give in such a transaction. Referral schemes that promise a buyer a commission or rebate for supplying the names of prospective purchasers are prohibited, sales of insurance are excepted from the act's coverage, and a violation is treated as an unfair or deceptive act or practice.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 1 court decision.
Most-cited authority: 259 FSUPP3D 369 - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc. v. Stein
Sections covered
- Va. Code Ann. § 59.1-21.1Citation of chapter
- Va. Code Ann. § 59.1-21.2Definitions
- Va. Code Ann. § 59.1-21.3Cancellation of sale
- Va. Code Ann. § 59.1-21.4Receipt or written agreement
- Va. Code Ann. § 59.1-21.5Tender of payments to buyer
- Va. Code Ann. § 59.1-21.6Tender of goods to seller1 cite
- Va. Code Ann. § 59.1-21.7Cancellation of contract when seller has misrepresented nature or purpose of transaction
- Va. Code Ann. § 59.1-21.7:1Enforcement; penalties
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