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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 135<\/a> and 150<\/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. 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 2010, chapters 284<\/a> and 318<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60913,"section_number":"46.2-1569","catch_line":"Other coercion of dealers; transfer, grant, succession to and cancellation of dealer franchises; delivery of vehicles, parts, and accessories","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1569\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":231565,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65117,"identifier":"46.2-1572.3","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/7\/46.2-1572.3","url":"\/46.2-1572.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1572.3\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/7\/46.2-1572.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Waiver prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1572.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No motor vehicle manufacturer<\/span>, factory branch<\/span>, distributor, distributor branch<\/span>, or subsidiary thereof shall obtain from a motor vehicle dealer<\/span> a waiver<\/span> of the dealer’s rights by threatening to impose a detriment upon the dealer’s business or threatening to withhold from the dealer any entitlement, benefit, or service to which the dealer is entitled by virtue of any franchise<\/span> agreement, contract<\/span>, statute<\/span>, regulation, or law<\/span> of any kind or which has been granted to more than one other franchisee of the manufacturer<\/span>, factory branch<\/span>, distributor, or distributor branch<\/span> in the Commonwealth. This section shall not apply to good faith settlement<\/span> of disputes, including disputes pertaining to contract<\/span> negotiations, in which a waiver<\/span> is granted in exchange for fair consideration in the form of a benefit conferred upon the dealer; however, this section shall apply to a dispute as to whether a waiver<\/span> of such rights by a motor vehicle dealer<\/span> has been obtained in violation of this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWAIVER PROHIBITED (\u00a7 46.2-1572.3)\n\nNo motor vehicle manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch,\nor subsidiary thereof shall obtain from a motor vehicle dealer a waiver of the\ndealer’s rights by threatening to impose a detriment upon the\ndealer’s business or threatening to withhold from the dealer any\nentitlement, benefit, or service to which the dealer is entitled by virtue of\nany franchise agreement, contract, statute, regulation, or law of any kind or\nwhich has been granted to more than one other franchisee of the manufacturer,\nfactory branch, distributor, or distributor branch in the Commonwealth. This\nsection shall not apply to good faith settlement of disputes, including disputes\npertaining to contract negotiations, in which a waiver is granted in exchange\nfor fair consideration in the form of a benefit conferred upon the dealer;\nhowever, this section shall apply to a dispute as to whether a waiver of such\nrights by a motor vehicle dealer has been obtained in violation of this section.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, cc. 135, 150; 2010, cc. 284, 318.","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}}