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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 459 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1980 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1987, chapter 358.<\/p>","references":[{"id":82977,"section_number":"59.1-200","catch_line":"Prohibited practices","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-200\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":166249,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71799,"identifier":"18.2-200.1","token":"18.2\/6\/7\/18.2-200.1","url":"\/18.2-200.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-200.1\/","token":"18.2\/6\/7\/18.2-200.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Failure to perform promise for construction, etc., in return for advances","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-200.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If any person obtain from another an advance of money, merchandise or other thing, of value, with fraudulent <span class=\"dictionary\">intent<\/span>, upon a promise to perform construction, removal, repair or improvement of any building or structure permanently annexed to real property, or any other improvements to such real property, including horticulture, nursery or forest products, and fail or refuse to perform such promise, and also fail to substantially make good such advance, he shall be deemed guilty of the <span class=\"dictionary\">larceny<\/span> of such money, merchandise or other thing if he fails to return such advance within fifteen days of a request to do so sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to his last known address or to the address listed in the <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFAILURE TO PERFORM PROMISE FOR CONSTRUCTION, ETC., IN RETURN FOR ADVANCES (\u00a7\n18.2-200.1)\n\nIf any person obtain from another an advance of money, merchandise or other\nthing, of value, with fraudulent intent, upon a promise to perform construction,\nremoval, repair or improvement of any building or structure permanently annexed\nto real property, or any other improvements to such real property, including\nhorticulture, nursery or forest products, and fail or refuse to perform such\npromise, and also fail to substantially make good such advance, he shall be\ndeemed guilty of the larceny of such money, merchandise or other thing if he\nfails to return such advance within fifteen days of a request to do so sent by\ncertified mail, return receipt requested, to his last known address or to the\naddress listed in the contract.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 459; 1987, c. 358.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}