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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 1973, chapter 147.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":85318,"section_number":"59.1-21.5","catch_line":"Tender of payments to buyer","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-21.5\/"}],"permalink":{"id":260143,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84301,"identifier":"59.1-21.6","token":"59.1\/2.1\/59.1-21.6","url":"\/59.1-21.6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-21.6\/","token":"59.1\/2.1\/59.1-21.6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Tender of goods to seller","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-21.6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Except as provided by the provisions of § 59.1-21.5<\/a> (3), within a reasonable time after a home solicitation sale has been canceled or an offer to purchase revoked, the buyer upon demand must tender to the seller any goods delivered by the seller pursuant to the sale but he is not obligated to tender at any place other than his residence. If the seller fails to demand possession<\/span> of goods within twenty days after cancellation or revocation<\/span>, the goods become the property of the buyer without obligation to pay for them. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The buyer has a duty to take reasonable care of the goods in his possession<\/span> before cancellation or revocation<\/span> and for a reasonable time thereafter, during which time the goods are otherwise at the seller’s risk. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> If the seller has performed any services pursuant to a home solicitation sale prior to its cancellation, the seller is entitled to no compensation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTENDER OF GOODS TO SELLER (\u00a7 59.1-21.6)\n\n1. Except as provided by the provisions of § 59.1-21.5 (3), within a\nreasonable time after a home solicitation sale has been canceled or an offer to\npurchase revoked, the buyer upon demand must tender to the seller any goods\ndelivered by the seller pursuant to the sale but he is not obligated to tender\nat any place other than his residence. If the seller fails to demand possession\nof goods within twenty days after cancellation or revocation, the goods become\nthe property of the buyer without obligation to pay for them.\n\n2. The buyer has a duty to take reasonable care of the goods in his possession\nbefore cancellation or revocation and for a reasonable time thereafter, during\nwhich time the goods are otherwise at the seller’s risk.\n\n3. If the seller has performed any services pursuant to a home solicitation sale\nprior to its cancellation, the seller is entitled to no compensation.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 668; 1973, c. 147.","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}}