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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 651 and 655 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 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63390,"section_number":"59.1-335.3","catch_line":"Registration; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-335.3\/"},{"id":60837,"section_number":"59.1-335.7","catch_line":"Contents of information statement","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-335.7\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":60837,"section_number":"59.1-335.7","catch_line":"Contents of information statement","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-335.7\/"}],"permalink":{"id":260899,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79483,"identifier":"59.1-335.6","token":"59.1\/25.1\/59.1-335.6","url":"\/59.1-335.6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-335.6\/","token":"59.1\/25.1\/59.1-335.6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Information statement required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-335.6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Before (i) the execution of a <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> or agreement between a <span class=\"dictionary\">consumer<\/span> and a <span class=\"dictionary\">credit services business<\/span> or (ii) the receipt by the <span class=\"dictionary\">credit services business<\/span> of any money or other valuable consideration, whichever occurs first, the <span class=\"dictionary\">credit services business<\/span> shall provide the <span class=\"dictionary\">consumer<\/span> with an information statement in writing containing all of the information required under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Contents of information statement\" href=\"\/59.1-335.7\/\">59.1-335.7<\/a>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">credit services business<\/span> shall maintain on <span class=\"dictionary\">file<\/span> or microfilm for a period of two years from the date of the <span class=\"dictionary\">consumer<\/span>&#8217;s acknowledgement an exact copy of the information statement personally signed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">consumer<\/span> acknowledging receipt of a copy of the information statement.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINFORMATION STATEMENT REQUIRED (\u00a7 59.1-335.6)\n\nBefore (i) the execution of a contract or agreement between a consumer and a\ncredit services business or (ii) the receipt by the credit services business of\nany money or other valuable consideration, whichever occurs first, the credit\nservices business shall provide the consumer with an information statement in\nwriting containing all of the information required under \u00a7 59.1-335.7. The\ncredit services business shall maintain on file or microfilm for a period of two\nyears from the date of the consumer&#8217;s acknowledgement an exact copy of the\ninformation statement personally signed by the consumer acknowledging receipt of\na copy of the information statement.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, cc. 651, 655.","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}}