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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 635 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 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1995, chapters 703<\/a> and 726<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 485<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":82977,"section_number":"59.1-200","catch_line":"Prohibited practices","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-200\/"},{"id":63532,"section_number":"59.1-200.1","catch_line":"Prohibited practices; foreclosure rescue","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-200.1\/"},{"id":78713,"section_number":"59.1-204","catch_line":"Individual action for damages or penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-204\/"}],"permalink":{"id":259833,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85255,"identifier":"59.1-207","token":"59.1\/17\/59.1-207","url":"\/59.1-207\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-207\/","token":"59.1\/17\/59.1-207","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unintentional violations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-207","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any case arising under this chapter, no liability shall be imposed upon a supplier<\/span> who shows by a preponderance of the evidence<\/span> that (i) the act or practice alleged to be in violation of \u00a7 59.1-200<\/a> or 59.1-200.1<\/a> was an act or practice of the manufacturer or distributor to the supplier<\/span> over which the supplier<\/span> had no control or (ii) the alleged violation resulted from a bona fide error notwithstanding the maintenance of procedures reasonably adopted to avoid a violation; however, nothing in this section shall prevent the court<\/span> from ordering restitution<\/span> and payment of reasonable attorney’s fees and court<\/span> costs pursuant to \u00a7 59.1-204<\/a> B to individuals aggrieved as a result of an unintentional violation of this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNINTENTIONAL VIOLATIONS (\u00a7 59.1-207)\n\nIn any case arising under this chapter, no liability shall be imposed upon a\nsupplier who shows by a preponderance of the evidence that (i) the act or\npractice alleged to be in violation of \u00a7 59.1-200 or 59.1-200.1 was an act or\npractice of the manufacturer or distributor to the supplier over which the\nsupplier had no control or (ii) the alleged violation resulted from a bona fide\nerror notwithstanding the maintenance of procedures reasonably adopted to avoid\na violation; however, nothing in this section shall prevent the court from\nordering restitution and payment of reasonable attorney’s fees and court\ncosts pursuant to \u00a7 59.1-204 B to individuals aggrieved as a result of an\nunintentional violation of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 635; 1995, cc. 703, 726; 2008, c. 485.","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}}