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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 349 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 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 2020, chapter 1266<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":78224,"section_number":"46.2-1408","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1408\/"}],"permalink":{"id":259967,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54188,"identifier":"59.1-207.29","token":"59.1\/17.5\/59.1-207.29","url":"\/59.1-207.29\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-207.29\/","token":"59.1\/17.5\/59.1-207.29","dublin_core":{"Title":"Scope","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-207.29","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

This chapter shall apply (i) to all persons in the business of leasing rental motor vehicles<\/span> from locations in the Commonwealth under an agreement that imposes upon the lessee<\/span> an obligation to pay for any damages<\/span> caused to the leased vehicle and (ii) to all peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platforms in the Commonwealth facilitating peer-to-peer vehicle sharing under a vehicle sharing platform agreement that imposes upon the shared vehicle driver an obligation to pay for any damages<\/span> caused to the shared vehicle. The provisions of this chapter apply solely to the collision damage waiver<\/span> portion of the rental agreement<\/span> or vehicle sharing platform agreement. The definitions in \u00a7 46.2-1408<\/a> apply, mutatis mutandis<\/span>, to this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSCOPE (\u00a7 59.1-207.29)\n\nThis chapter shall apply (i) to all persons in the business of leasing rental\nmotor vehicles from locations in the Commonwealth under an agreement that\nimposes upon the lessee an obligation to pay for any damages caused to the\nleased vehicle and (ii) to all peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platforms in the\nCommonwealth facilitating peer-to-peer vehicle sharing under a vehicle sharing\nplatform agreement that imposes upon the shared vehicle driver an obligation to\npay for any damages caused to the shared vehicle. The provisions of this chapter\napply solely to the collision damage waiver portion of the rental agreement or\nvehicle sharing platform agreement. The definitions in \u00a7 46.2-1408 apply,\nmutatis mutandis, to this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 349; 2020, c. 1266.","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}}