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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 448 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 1972 \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 2001, chapter 402<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":260147,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73834,"identifier":"59.1-21.7","token":"59.1\/2.1\/59.1-21.7","url":"\/59.1-21.7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-21.7\/","token":"59.1\/2.1\/59.1-21.7","dublin_core":{"Title":"Cancellation of contract when seller has misrepresented nature or purpose of transaction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-21.7","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, if at the time of a home solicitation a seller or his agent should fail to immediately identify himself as a seller or lessor, or should he represent or imply that his purpose at the time of solicitation is anything other than selling or leasing if that is not substantially true, the buyer shall have a total of thirty days to cancel any home solicitation sales contract<\/span> there entered into in the same manner and to the same extent as otherwise provided by this chapter; provided that the goods or merchandise are made available for the seller’s repossession and are tendered back to the seller in substantially as good condition as when received by the buyer.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCANCELLATION OF CONTRACT WHEN SELLER HAS MISREPRESENTED NATURE OR PURPOSE OF\nTRANSACTION (\u00a7 59.1-21.7)\n\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, if at the time of a home\nsolicitation a seller or his agent should fail to immediately identify himself\nas a seller or lessor, or should he represent or imply that his purpose at the\ntime of solicitation is anything other than selling or leasing if that is not\nsubstantially true, the buyer shall have a total of thirty days to cancel any\nhome solicitation sales contract there entered into in the same manner and to\nthe same extent as otherwise provided by this chapter; provided that the goods\nor merchandise are made available for the seller’s repossession and are\ntendered back to the seller in substantially as good condition as when received\nby the buyer.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 448; 2001, c. 402.","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}}