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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 603 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. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1990, chapter 772; in 1999, chapter 387<\/a>; in 2022, chapter 411<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":74065,"section_number":"59.1-207.15","catch_line":"Informal dispute settlement procedure","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-207.15\/"}],"permalink":{"id":259903,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57973,"identifier":"59.1-207.16","token":"59.1\/17.3\/59.1-207.16","url":"\/59.1-207.16\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-207.16\/","token":"59.1\/17.3\/59.1-207.16","dublin_core":{"Title":"Action to be brought within certain time","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-207.16","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any action brought under this chapter shall be commenced within the lemon law rights period<\/span>. However, any consumer<\/span> whose good faith attempts to settle the dispute pursuant to the informal dispute settlement<\/span> provisions of \u00a7 59.1-207.15<\/a> have not resulted in the satisfactory resolution of the matter shall have (i) 12 months from the date of the final action taken by the manufacturer<\/span> in its dispute settlement<\/span> procedure, if such procedure was resorted to within the lemon law rights period<\/span>, or (ii) the original lemon law rights period<\/span>, whichever is longer, to file an action in the proper court<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACTION TO BE BROUGHT WITHIN CERTAIN TIME (\u00a7 59.1-207.16)\n\nAny action brought under this chapter shall be commenced within the lemon law\nrights period. However, any consumer whose good faith attempts to settle the\ndispute pursuant to the informal dispute settlement provisions of \u00a7 59.1-207.15\nhave not resulted in the satisfactory resolution of the matter shall have (i) 12\nmonths from the date of the final action taken by the manufacturer in its\ndispute settlement procedure, if such procedure was resorted to within the lemon\nlaw rights period, or (ii) the original lemon law rights period, whichever is\nlonger, to file an action in the proper court.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 603; 1990, c. 772; 1999, c. 387; 2022, c. 411.","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}}