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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 738 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 1984 \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 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0344\">344<\/a>; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0459\">459<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":73149,"section_number":"59.1-310","catch_line":"Applicability","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-310\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":66423,"section_number":"59.1-304","catch_line":"Notice of preservation of buyers' rights","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-304\/"}],"permalink":{"id":260663,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72661,"identifier":"59.1-305","token":"59.1\/24\/59.1-305","url":"\/59.1-305\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-305\/","token":"59.1\/24\/59.1-305","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibition against assignment of health club contract cutting off buyer&#8217;s right of action or defense against seller; conditions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-305","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Whether or not the health club has complied with the notice requirements of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Notice of preservation of buyers&#039; rights\" href=\"\/59.1-304\/\">59.1-304<\/a>, any right of action or defense arising out of a <span class=\"dictionary\">health club contract<\/span> which the <span class=\"dictionary\">buyer<\/span> has against the health club, and which would be cut off by assignment, shall not be cut off by assignment of the contract to any third <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> holder, whether or not the holder acquires the contract in good faith and for value.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITION AGAINST ASSIGNMENT OF HEALTH CLUB CONTRACT CUTTING OFF BUYER&#8217;S\nRIGHT OF ACTION OR DEFENSE AGAINST SELLER; CONDITIONS (\u00a7 59.1-305)\n\nWhether or not the health club has complied with the notice requirements of \u00a7\n59.1-304, any right of action or defense arising out of a health club contract\nwhich the buyer has against the health club, and which would be cut off by\nassignment, shall not be cut off by assignment of the contract to any third\nparty holder, whether or not the holder acquires the contract in good faith and\nfor value.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 738; 2003, c. 344; 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}}