{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/55.1-3203.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/55.1-3203.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/55.1-3203.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/55.1-3203.html"}],"law_id":61455,"edition_id":1,"section_id":61455,"structure_id":15885,"section_number":"55.1-3203","catch_line":"Void and unenforceable","history":"2024, cc. 328, 362.","full_text":"A service agreement that violates subsection A of \u00a7 55.1-3202 shall be void and unenforceable. No service provider has a right to a refund of the consideration paid to the owner, buyer, or tenant in connection with a prohibited service agreement.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":224483,"text":"A service agreement that violates subsection A of \u00a7 55.1-3202 shall be void and unenforceable. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0328\">328<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0362\">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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":66070,"section_number":"55.1-3202","catch_line":"Prohibited terms","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-3202\/"}],"permalink":{"id":248457,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61455,"identifier":"55.1-3203","token":"55.1\/V\/32\/55.1-3203","url":"\/55.1-3203\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-3203\/","token":"55.1\/V\/32\/55.1-3203","dublin_core":{"Title":"Void and unenforceable","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-3203","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">service agreement<\/span> that violates subsection A of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Prohibited terms\" href=\"\/55.1-3202\/\">55.1-3202<\/a> shall be void and unenforceable. No <span class=\"dictionary\">service provider<\/span> has a right to a refund of the consideration paid to the owner, buyer, or tenant in connection with a prohibited <span class=\"dictionary\">service agreement<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVOID AND UNENFORCEABLE (\u00a7 55.1-3203)\n\nA service agreement that violates subsection A of \u00a7 55.1-3202 shall be void and\nunenforceable. No service provider has a right to a refund of the consideration\npaid to the owner, buyer, or tenant in connection with a prohibited service\nagreement.\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}}