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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 536 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58892,"section_number":"8.1A-301","catch_line":"Territorial applicability; parties' power to choose applicable law","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.1A-301\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":282391,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59639,"identifier":"8.2A-106","token":"8.2A\/1\/8.2A-106","url":"\/8.2A-106\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.2A-106\/","token":"8.2A\/1\/8.2A-106","dublin_core":{"Title":"Limitation on power of parties to consumer lease to choose applicable law and judicial forum","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.2A-106","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> If the law<\/span> chosen by the parties to a consumer lease is that of a jurisdiction<\/span> other than a jurisdiction<\/span> in which the lessee resides at the time the lease agreement becomes enforceable or within 30 days thereafter or in which the goods are to be used, the choice is not enforceable. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> If the judicial forum chosen by the parties to a consumer lease is a forum that would not otherwise have jurisdiction<\/span> over the lessee, the choice is not enforceable. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIMITATION ON POWER OF PARTIES TO CONSUMER LEASE TO CHOOSE APPLICABLE LAW AND\nJUDICIAL FORUM (\u00a7 8.2A-106)\n\n1. If the law chosen by the parties to a consumer lease is that of a\njurisdiction other than a jurisdiction in which the lessee resides at the time\nthe lease agreement becomes enforceable or within 30 days thereafter or in which\nthe goods are to be used, the choice is not enforceable.\n\n2. If the judicial forum chosen by the parties to a consumer lease is a forum\nthat would not otherwise have jurisdiction over the lessee, the choice is not\nenforceable.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 536.","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}}