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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>87113</law_id><section_number>13.1-563</section_number><catch_line>Unlawful offers</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-565</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="8">Retail Franchising Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall be unlawful for any person, in connection with the sale or offer to sell a franchise in this Commonwealth, directly or indirectly:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> To employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; <a id="paragraph-311938" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-563/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> To make any untrue statement of a <span class="dictionary">material</span> <span class="dictionary">fact</span> or to omit to state a <span class="dictionary">material</span> <span class="dictionary">fact</span> necessary in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to avoid misleading the offeree; <a id="paragraph-311939" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-563/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> To engage in any transaction, practice, or course of business that operates or would operate as a <span class="dictionary">fraud</span> or deceit upon the franchisee; or <a id="paragraph-311940" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-563/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> To fail to provide the franchisee a copy of (i) the franchise agreement and (ii) such disclosure document as may be required by rule or <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the Commission. <a id="paragraph-311941" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-563/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1972, c. 561; 1978, c. 670; 1991, c. 475; 2009, c. 148.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
