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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 802<\/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 2015, chapter 615<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":231705,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54842,"identifier":"46.2-1573.29","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/7.4\/46.2-1573.29","url":"\/46.2-1573.29\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1573.29\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/15\/7.4\/46.2-1573.29","dublin_core":{"Title":"When discontinuation, cancellation, or nonrenewal of franchise unfair","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1573.29","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A discontinuation, cancellation<\/span>, or nonrenewal of a franchise<\/span> agreement is unfair if it is not clearly permitted by the franchise<\/span> agreement, is not undertaken in good faith, is not undertaken for good cause, or is based on an alleged breach of the franchise<\/span> agreement that is not in fact<\/span> a material<\/span> and substantial breach.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN DISCONTINUATION, CANCELLATION, OR NONRENEWAL OF FRANCHISE UNFAIR (\u00a7\n46.2-1573.29)\n\nA discontinuation, cancellation, or nonrenewal of a franchise agreement is\nunfair if it is not clearly permitted by the franchise agreement, is not\nundertaken in good faith, is not undertaken for good cause, or is based on an\nalleged breach of the franchise agreement that is not in fact a material and\nsubstantial breach.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 802, \u00a7 46.2-1993.67:1; 2015, c. 615.","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}}