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59.1-297, or within 30 days of the permanent closing of the facility designated in the buyer&#8217;s contract.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":231636,"text":"All refunds for cancellation of membership shall be paid within 30 days of the health club&#8217;s receipt of written notice of cancellation by the buyer and calculated by:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":231637,"text":"Dividing the contract price by the term of the contract in days;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":231638,"text":"Multiplying the number obtained in subdivision 1 by the number of days between the effective date of the contract and the date of cancellation; and","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":231639,"text":"Subtracting the number obtained in subdivision 2 from the total price paid on the health club contract.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"B"},"4":{"id":231640,"text":"In the event of the health club going out of business, the date of cancellation shall be the date the health club ceased providing health club services at the facility.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A3","next_prefix":"C"},"5":{"id":231641,"text":"A health club issuing a refund to a buyer under this chapter shall do so within 30 days of the health club receiving a notice of cancellation pursuant to &#xA7; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0344\">344<\/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. 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 2010, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0439\">439<\/a>; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0459\">459<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":54962,"section_number":"59.1-297","catch_line":"Right of cancellation","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-297\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":54962,"section_number":"59.1-297","catch_line":"Right of cancellation","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-297\/"}],"permalink":{"id":260627,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63583,"identifier":"59.1-297.1","token":"59.1\/24\/59.1-297.1","url":"\/59.1-297.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-297.1\/","token":"59.1\/24\/59.1-297.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Payment and calculation of refunds","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-297.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> All refunds for cancellation of membership shall be paid within 30 days of the <span class=\"dictionary\">health club<\/span>&#8217;s receipt of written notice of cancellation by the <span class=\"dictionary\">buyer<\/span> and calculated by: <a id=\"paragraph-231636\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-297.1\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Dividing the <span class=\"dictionary\">contract price<\/span> by the term of the contract in days; <a id=\"paragraph-231637\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-297.1\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Multiplying the number obtained in subdivision 1 by the number of days between the effective date of the contract and the date of cancellation; and <a id=\"paragraph-231638\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-297.1\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Subtracting the number obtained in subdivision 2 from the total price paid on the <span class=\"dictionary\">health club contract<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-231639\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-297.1\/#A3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> In the event of the health club going <span class=\"dictionary\">out of business<\/span>, the date of cancellation shall be the date the health club ceased providing <span class=\"dictionary\">health club services<\/span> at the <span class=\"dictionary\">facility<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-231640\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-297.1\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> A health club issuing a refund to a <span class=\"dictionary\">buyer<\/span> under this chapter shall do so within 30 days of the health club receiving a notice of cancellation pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Right of cancellation\" href=\"\/59.1-297\/\">59.1-297<\/a>, or within 30 days of the permanent closing of the <span class=\"dictionary\">facility<\/span> designated in the <span class=\"dictionary\">buyer<\/span>&#8217;s contract. <a id=\"paragraph-231641\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-297.1\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPAYMENT AND CALCULATION OF REFUNDS (\u00a7 59.1-297.1)\n\nA. All refunds for cancellation of membership shall be paid within 30 days of\nthe health club&#8217;s receipt of written notice of cancellation by the buyer\nand calculated by:\n\n   1. Dividing the contract price by the term of the contract in days;\n\n   2. Multiplying the number obtained in subdivision 1 by the number of days\n   between the effective date of the contract and the date of cancellation; and\n\n   3. Subtracting the number obtained in subdivision 2 from the total price paid\n   on the health club contract.\n\nB. In the event of the health club going out of business, the date of\ncancellation shall be the date the health club ceased providing health club\nservices at the facility.\n\nC. A health club issuing a refund to a buyer under this chapter shall do so\nwithin 30 days of the health club receiving a notice of cancellation pursuant to\n&#xA7; 59.1-297, or within 30 days of the permanent closing of the facility\ndesignated in the buyer&#8217;s contract.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 344; 2010, c. 439; 2014, c. 459.","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}}