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This law was first created in 2018. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 704<\/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":79775,"section_number":"59.1-207.46","catch_line":"Making automatic renewal or continuous service offer to consumer; affirmative consent required; disclosures; prohibited conduct","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-207.46\/"}],"permalink":{"id":260045,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56120,"identifier":"59.1-207.47","token":"59.1\/17.8\/59.1-207.47","url":"\/59.1-207.47\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-207.47\/","token":"59.1\/17.8\/59.1-207.47","dublin_core":{"Title":"When goods, wares, merchandise, or products deemed a gift","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-207.47","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any case in which a supplier sends any goods, wares, merchandise, or products to a consumer<\/span> under a continuous service<\/span> agreement or automatic renewal<\/span> of a purchase without first obtaining the consumer<\/span>’s affirmative consent as described in \u00a7 59.1-207.46<\/a>, the goods, wares, merchandise, or products shall for all purposes be deemed an unconditional gift to the consumer<\/span>, who may use or dispose of the same in any manner he sees fit without any obligation whatsoever on the consumer<\/span>’s part to the supplier, including any obligation or responsibility for shipping any goods, wares, merchandise, or products to the supplier.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN GOODS, WARES, MERCHANDISE, OR PRODUCTS DEEMED A GIFT (\u00a7 59.1-207.47)\n\nIn any case in which a supplier sends any goods, wares, merchandise, or products\nto a consumer under a continuous service agreement or automatic renewal of a\npurchase without first obtaining the consumer’s affirmative consent as\ndescribed in \u00a7 59.1-207.46, the goods, wares, merchandise, or products shall\nfor all purposes be deemed an unconditional gift to the consumer, who may use or\ndispose of the same in any manner he sees fit without any obligation whatsoever\non the consumer’s part to the supplier, including any obligation or\nresponsibility for shipping any goods, wares, merchandise, or products to the\nsupplier.\n\nHISTORY: 2018, c. 704.","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}}