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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 799<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":75172,"section_number":"38.2-312","catch_line":"Provisions limiting jurisdiction, or requiring construction of contracts by law of other states, prohibited","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-312\/"}],"permalink":{"id":214009,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63494,"identifier":"38.2-2616","token":"38.2\/26\/38.2-2616","url":"\/38.2-2616\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-2616\/","token":"38.2\/26\/38.2-2616","dublin_core":{"Title":"Binding arbitration provisions in contract","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-2616","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 38.2-312<\/a>, no home protection company<\/span> based in this Commonwealth shall be prohibited from including in its contract<\/span> a provision that requires the contract<\/span> holder to submit to binding arbitration any dispute between the contract<\/span> holder and the home protection company<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBINDING ARBITRATION PROVISIONS IN CONTRACT (\u00a7 38.2-2616)\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 38.2-312, no home protection company based\nin this Commonwealth shall be prohibited from including in its contract a\nprovision that requires the contract holder to submit to binding arbitration any\ndispute between the contract holder and the home protection company.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 799.","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}}