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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 24 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":259937,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62428,"identifier":"59.1-207.22","token":"59.1\/17.4\/59.1-207.22","url":"\/59.1-207.22\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-207.22\/","token":"59.1\/17.4\/59.1-207.22","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibited practices","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-207.22","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A lease-purchase agreement<\/span> may not contain:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> A confession<\/span> of judgment<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> A negotiable instrument; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> A security interest or any other claim of a property interest in any goods except those goods delivered by the lessor<\/span> pursuant to the lease-purchase agreement<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> A wage assignment; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> A waiver<\/span> by the consumer<\/span> of claims or defenses; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> A provision authorizing the lessor<\/span> or a person acting on the lessor<\/span>’s behalf to enter upon the consumer<\/span>’s premises or to commit any breach of the peace in the repossession of goods. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITED PRACTICES (\u00a7 59.1-207.22)\n\nA lease-purchase agreement may not contain:\n\n1. A confession of judgment;\n\n2. A negotiable instrument;\n\n3. A security interest or any other claim of a property interest in any goods\nexcept those goods delivered by the lessor pursuant to the lease-purchase\nagreement;\n\n4. A wage assignment;\n\n5. A waiver by the consumer of claims or defenses; or\n\n6. A provision authorizing the lessor or a person acting on the lessor’s\nbehalf to enter upon the consumer’s premises or to commit any breach of\nthe peace in the repossession of goods.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 24.","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}}