{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/55.1-3202.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/55.1-3202.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/55.1-3202.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/55.1-3202.html"}],"law_id":66070,"edition_id":1,"section_id":66070,"structure_id":15885,"section_number":"55.1-3202","catch_line":"Prohibited terms","history":"2024, cc. 328, 362.","full_text":"A\n\nNo real estate service agreement that is effective and binding for more than one year from the effective date shall:1\n\nPurport to run with the land or bind future owners of interests in the residential real property identified in the service agreement;2\n\nAllow the service provider to assign or transfer the right to provide services under the service agreement without notice to and written agreement of all parties to the service agreement; or3\n\nPurport to create a lien, encumbrance, or other real property security interest on the residential real property identified in the service agreement.B\n\nOffering a real estate service agreement that violates subsection A to a consumer constitutes a prohibited practice under the provisions of § 59.1-200 and shall be subject to the provisions of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (§ 59.1-196 et seq.). 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This law was first created in 2024. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 328<\/a> and 362<\/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":[{"id":61455,"section_number":"55.1-3203","catch_line":"Void and unenforceable","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-3203\/"},{"id":68076,"section_number":"55.1-3204","catch_line":"Recording prohibited","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-3204\/"},{"id":62465,"section_number":"55.1-3205","catch_line":"Assignment prohibited","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-3205\/"},{"id":74573,"section_number":"55.1-3206","catch_line":"Remedies","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-3206\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":56198,"section_number":"59.1-196","catch_line":"Title","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-196\/"},{"id":82977,"section_number":"59.1-200","catch_line":"Prohibited practices","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-200\/"}],"permalink":{"id":248453,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66070,"identifier":"55.1-3202","token":"55.1\/V\/32\/55.1-3202","url":"\/55.1-3202\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-3202\/","token":"55.1\/V\/32\/55.1-3202","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibited terms","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-3202","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No real estate service agreement<\/span> that is effective and binding for more than one year from the effective date shall: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Purport to run with the land or bind future owners of interests in the residential real property<\/span> identified in the service agreement; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Allow the service provider<\/span> to assign or transfer the right to provide services under the service agreement without notice to and written agreement of all parties to the service agreement; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Purport to create a lien<\/span>, encumbrance, or other real property security interest on the residential real property<\/span> identified in the service agreement. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Offering a real estate service agreement<\/span> that violates subsection A to a consumer constitutes a prohibited practice under the provisions of § 59.1-200<\/a> and shall be subject to the provisions of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (§ 59.1-196<\/a> et seq.). Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent an individual from pursuing any other remedy available by law<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITED TERMS (\u00a7 55.1-3202)\n\nA. No real estate service agreement that is effective and binding for more than\none year from the effective date shall:\n\n 1. Purport to run with the land or bind future owners of interests in the\n residential real property identified in the service agreement;\n\n 2. Allow the service provider to assign or transfer the right to provide\n services under the service agreement without notice to and written agreement\n of all parties to the service agreement; or\n\n 3. Purport to create a lien, encumbrance, or other real property security\n interest on the residential real property identified in the service agreement.\n\nB. Offering a real estate service agreement that violates subsection A to a\nconsumer constitutes a prohibited practice under the provisions of §\n59.1-200 and shall be subject to the provisions of the Virginia Consumer\nProtection Act (§ 59.1-196 et seq.). Nothing in this subsection shall be\nconstrued to prevent an individual from pursuing any other remedy available by\nlaw.\n\nHISTORY: 2024, cc. 328, 362.","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}}