{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/59.1-434.1.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/59.1-434.1.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/59.1-434.1.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/59.1-434.1.html"}],"law_id":84450,"edition_id":1,"section_id":84450,"structure_id":15582,"section_number":"59.1-434.1","catch_line":"Definitions","history":"2017, c. 727.","full_text":"As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board” means the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services.\n\t\t“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services or his designee.\n\t\t“Home service contract” means a contract or agreement for a separately stated consideration for any duration to perform the service, repair, replacement, or maintenance of property or to indemnify for the costs of service, repair, replacement, or maintenance, for the operational failure of any property due to a defect in materials, workmanship, inherent defect, or normal wear and tear, with or without additional provisions for incidental payment of indemnity under limited circumstances. 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Home service contracts may provide roof leak coverage.\n\t\t“Property” means any component, part, appliance, or household system of a residential property that is covered by a contract, whether such component, part, appliance, or household system is personal property or is affixed as real property to the covered residential property.\n\t\t“Provider” means a person that is contractually obligated to the purchaser under the terms of the home service contract.\n\t\t“Purchaser” means a person who enters into a home service contract with a provider.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":302710,"text":"As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board” means the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services.\n\t\t“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services or his designee.\n\t\t“Home service contract” means a contract or agreement for a separately stated consideration for any duration to perform the service, repair, replacement, or maintenance of property or to indemnify for the costs of service, repair, replacement, or maintenance, for the operational failure of any property due to a defect in materials, workmanship, inherent defect, or normal wear and tear, with or without additional provisions for incidental payment of indemnity under limited circumstances. 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This law was first created in 2017. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 727<\/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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":59918,"section_number":"38.2-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-100\/"},{"id":85449,"section_number":"58.1-400.4","catch_line":"Minimum tax on home service contract providers","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-400.4\/"},{"id":82977,"section_number":"59.1-200","catch_line":"Prohibited practices","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-200\/"},{"id":59010,"section_number":"59.1-207.48","catch_line":"Exemptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-207.48\/"},{"id":79305,"section_number":"59.1-434.4","catch_line":"Regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-434.4\/"},{"id":77953,"section_number":"59.1-436","catch_line":"Registration; fees; exemptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-436\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":261427,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84450,"identifier":"59.1-434.1","token":"59.1\/33.1\/59.1-434.1","url":"\/59.1-434.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-434.1\/","token":"59.1\/33.1\/59.1-434.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-434.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board<\/span>” means the Board<\/span> of Agriculture and Consumer Services.\n\t\t“Commissioner<\/span>” means the Commissioner<\/span> of Agriculture and Consumer Services or his designee.\n\t\t“Home service contract<\/span>” means a contract or agreement for a separately stated consideration for any duration to perform the service, repair, replacement, or maintenance of property<\/span> or to indemnify for the costs of service, repair, replacement, or maintenance, for the operational failure of any property<\/span> due to a defect in materials<\/span>, workmanship, inherent defect, or normal wear and tear, with or without additional provisions for incidental payment of indemnity under limited circumstances. Home service contracts<\/span> may provide for the service, repair, replacement, or maintenance of property<\/span> for damage resulting from power surges or interruption and for accidental damage from handling. Home service contracts<\/span> may provide roof leak coverage.\n\t\t“Property<\/span>” means any component, part, appliance, or household system of a residential property<\/span> that is covered by a contract, whether such component, part, appliance, or household system is personal property<\/span> or is affixed as real property<\/span> to the covered residential property<\/span>.\n\t\t“Provider<\/span>” means a person that is contractually obligated to the purchaser<\/span> under the terms of the home service contract<\/span>.\n\t\t“Purchaser<\/span>” means a person who enters into a home service contract<\/span> with a provider<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 59.1-434.1)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board” means the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services.\n\t\t“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer\nServices or his designee.\n\t\t“Home service contract” means a contract or agreement for a\nseparately stated consideration for any duration to perform the service, repair,\nreplacement, or maintenance of property or to indemnify for the costs of\nservice, repair, replacement, or maintenance, for the operational failure of any\nproperty due to a defect in materials, workmanship, inherent defect, or normal\nwear and tear, with or without additional provisions for incidental payment of\nindemnity under limited circumstances. Home service contracts may provide for\nthe service, repair, replacement, or maintenance of property for damage\nresulting from power surges or interruption and for accidental damage from\nhandling. Home service contracts may provide roof leak coverage.\n\t\t“Property” means any component, part, appliance, or household\nsystem of a residential property that is covered by a contract, whether such\ncomponent, part, appliance, or household system is personal property or is\naffixed as real property to the covered residential property.\n\t\t“Provider” means a person that is contractually obligated to the\npurchaser under the terms of the home service contract.\n\t\t“Purchaser” means a person who enters into a home service contract\nwith a provider.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, c. 727.","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}}