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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 654 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 1991 \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 1996, chapter 966<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":261485,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56458,"identifier":"59.1-440","token":"59.1\/34\/59.1-440","url":"\/59.1-440\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-440\/","token":"59.1\/34\/59.1-440","dublin_core":{"Title":"Production of records","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-440","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every extended service contract<\/span> obligor<\/span>, upon written request of the Commissioner<\/span>, shall make available to the Commissioner<\/span> its extended service contract<\/span> records for inspection and copying to enable the Commissioner<\/span> to reasonably determine compliance with this chapter. Every obligor<\/span> shall maintain a true copy of each contract executed between the obligor<\/span> and a purchaser<\/span>, and each contract shall be maintained for its term.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPRODUCTION OF RECORDS (\u00a7 59.1-440)\n\nEvery extended service contract obligor, upon written request of the\nCommissioner, shall make available to the Commissioner its extended service\ncontract records for inspection and copying to enable the Commissioner to\nreasonably determine compliance with this chapter. Every obligor shall maintain\na true copy of each contract executed between the obligor and a purchaser, and\neach contract shall be maintained for its term.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 654; 1996, c. 966.","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}}