{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/59.1-21.3.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/59.1-21.3.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/59.1-21.3.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/59.1-21.3.html"}],"law_id":82683,"edition_id":1,"section_id":82683,"structure_id":15301,"section_number":"59.1-21.3","catch_line":"Cancellation of sale","history":"1970, c. 668; 1972, c. 448.","full_text":"1\n\nExcept as provided in subsection (5), in addition to any right otherwise to revoke an offer, the buyer has the right to cancel a home solicitation sale until midnight of the third business day after the day on which the buyer signs an agreement or offer to purchase which complies with § 59.1-21.4.2\n\nCancellation occurs when the buyer gives written notice of cancellation to the seller at the address stated in the agreement or offer to purchase.3\n\nNotice of cancellation, if given by mail, is given when it is deposited in a mailbox properly addressed and postage prepaid.4\n\nNotice of cancellation given by the buyer need not take a particular form and is sufficient if it indicates by any form of written expression the intention of the buyer not to be bound by the home solicitation sale.5\n\nThe buyer may not cancel a home solicitation sale if the buyer requests the seller to provide goods or services without delay because of an emergency, anda\n\nThe seller in good faith makes a substantial beginning of performance of the contract before the buyer gives notice of cancellation, andb\n\nIn the case of goods, the goods cannot be returned to the seller in substantially as good condition as when received by the buyer, andc\n\nThe buyer’s emergency request is in a dated writing personally signed by the buyer and which expressly states that the buyer understands that he is waiving his right to cancel the sale under the provisions of this act.6\n\nExcept as provided in subsection (5), any waiver or modification of a buyer’s right to cancel is void and of no effect. In the event the seller obtains from the buyer a waiver or modification of his right to cancel, the buyer’s right to cancel shall commence on the first business day following his learning that the waiver or modification is void and of no effect.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":296185,"text":"Except as provided in subsection (5), in addition to any right otherwise to revoke an offer, the buyer has the right to cancel a home solicitation sale until midnight of the third business day after the day on which the buyer signs an agreement or offer to purchase which complies with § 59.1-21.4.","type":"section","prefixes":["1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"1","prefix_anchor":"1","level":1,"next_prefix":"2"},"1":{"id":296186,"text":"Cancellation occurs when the buyer gives written notice of cancellation to the seller at the address stated in the agreement or offer to purchase.","type":"section","prefixes":["2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"2","prefix_anchor":"2","level":1,"prior_prefix":"1","next_prefix":"3"},"2":{"id":296187,"text":"Notice of cancellation, if given by mail, is given when it is deposited in a mailbox properly addressed and postage prepaid.","type":"section","prefixes":["3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"3","prefix_anchor":"3","level":1,"prior_prefix":"2","next_prefix":"4"},"3":{"id":296188,"text":"Notice of cancellation given by the buyer need not take a particular form and is sufficient if it indicates by any form of written expression the intention of the buyer not to be bound by the home solicitation sale.","type":"section","prefixes":["4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"4","prefix_anchor":"4","level":1,"prior_prefix":"3","next_prefix":"5"},"4":{"id":296189,"text":"The buyer may not cancel a home solicitation sale if the buyer requests the seller to provide goods or services without delay because of an emergency, and","type":"section","prefixes":["5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"5","prefix_anchor":"5","level":1,"prior_prefix":"4","next_prefix":"5a"},"5":{"id":296190,"text":"The seller in good faith makes a substantial beginning of performance of the contract before the buyer gives notice of cancellation, and","type":"section","prefixes":["5","a"],"prefix":"a","entire_prefix":"5a","prefix_anchor":"5a","level":2,"prior_prefix":"5","next_prefix":"5b"},"6":{"id":296191,"text":"In the case of goods, the goods cannot be returned to the seller in substantially as good condition as when received by the buyer, and","type":"section","prefixes":["5","b"],"prefix":"b","entire_prefix":"5b","prefix_anchor":"5b","level":2,"prior_prefix":"5a","next_prefix":"5c"},"7":{"id":296192,"text":"The buyer’s emergency request is in a dated writing personally signed by the buyer and which expressly states that the buyer understands that he is waiving his right to cancel the sale under the provisions of this act.","type":"section","prefixes":["5","c"],"prefix":"c","entire_prefix":"5c","prefix_anchor":"5c","level":2,"prior_prefix":"5b","next_prefix":"6"},"8":{"id":296193,"text":"Except as provided in subsection (5), any waiver or modification of a buyer’s right to cancel is void and of no effect. 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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 668 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 1970 \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 1972, chapter 448.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":260131,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82683,"identifier":"59.1-21.3","token":"59.1\/2.1\/59.1-21.3","url":"\/59.1-21.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-21.3\/","token":"59.1\/2.1\/59.1-21.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Cancellation of sale","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-21.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Except as provided in subsection (5), in addition to any right otherwise to revoke an offer, the buyer has the right to cancel a home solicitation sale until midnight of the third business day after the day on which the buyer signs an agreement or offer to purchase which complies with § 59.1-21.4<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Cancellation occurs when the buyer gives written notice of cancellation to the seller at the address stated in the agreement or offer to purchase. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Notice of cancellation, if given by mail, is given when it is deposited in a mailbox properly addressed and postage prepaid. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Notice of cancellation given by the buyer need not take a particular form and is sufficient if it indicates by any form of written expression the intention of the buyer not to be bound by the home solicitation sale. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> The buyer may not cancel a home solicitation sale if the buyer requests the seller to provide goods or services without delay because of an emergency, and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> The seller in good faith makes a substantial beginning of performance of the contract<\/span> before the buyer gives notice of cancellation, and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> In the case of goods, the goods cannot be returned to the seller in substantially as good condition as when received by the buyer, and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> The buyer’s emergency request is in a dated writing personally signed by the buyer and which expressly states that the buyer understands that he is waiving his right to cancel the sale under the provisions of this act. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Except as provided in subsection (5), any waiver<\/span> or modification of a buyer’s right to cancel is void and of no effect. In the event the seller obtains from the buyer a waiver<\/span> or modification of his right to cancel, the buyer’s right to cancel shall commence on the first business day following his learning that the waiver<\/span> or modification is void and of no effect. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCANCELLATION OF SALE (\u00a7 59.1-21.3)\n\n1. Except as provided in subsection (5), in addition to any right otherwise to\nrevoke an offer, the buyer has the right to cancel a home solicitation sale\nuntil midnight of the third business day after the day on which the buyer signs\nan agreement or offer to purchase which complies with § 59.1-21.4.\n\n2. Cancellation occurs when the buyer gives written notice of cancellation to\nthe seller at the address stated in the agreement or offer to purchase.\n\n3. Notice of cancellation, if given by mail, is given when it is deposited in a\nmailbox properly addressed and postage prepaid.\n\n4. Notice of cancellation given by the buyer need not take a particular form and\nis sufficient if it indicates by any form of written expression the intention of\nthe buyer not to be bound by the home solicitation sale.\n\n5. The buyer may not cancel a home solicitation sale if the buyer requests the\nseller to provide goods or services without delay because of an emergency, and\n\n a. The seller in good faith makes a substantial beginning of performance of\n the contract before the buyer gives notice of cancellation, and\n\n b. In the case of goods, the goods cannot be returned to the seller in\n substantially as good condition as when received by the buyer, and\n\n c. The buyer’s emergency request is in a dated writing personally signed\n by the buyer and which expressly states that the buyer understands that he is\n waiving his right to cancel the sale under the provisions of this act.\n\n6. Except as provided in subsection (5), any waiver or modification of a\nbuyer’s right to cancel is void and of no effect. In the event the seller\nobtains from the buyer a waiver or modification of his right to cancel, the\nbuyer’s right to cancel shall commence on the first business day following\nhis learning that the waiver or modification is void and of no effect.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 668; 1972, c. 448.","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}}