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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75121</law_id><section_number>38.2-2601</section_number><catch_line>Exemptions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="26">Home Protection Companies</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>This chapter shall not apply to:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Performance guarantees given by either (i) the builder of a home or (ii) the manufacturer, seller, or lessor of the property that is the subject of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> if no identifiable charge is made for the guarantee. <a id="paragraph-269813" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2601/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Any service <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, guarantee, or warranty intending to guarantee or warrant the repairs or service of a home appliance, component, part, or system that is issued (i) by a <span class="dictionary">person</span> who has sold, serviced, repaired, or provided replacement of the appliance, component, part, or system at the time of or prior to issuance of the service <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, guarantee or warranty if such <span class="dictionary">person</span> does not engage in the business of a <span class="dictionary">home protection company</span> or (ii) by a <span class="dictionary">home protection company</span> which sells such service <span class="dictionary">contracts</span>, guarantees or warranties in the Commonwealth of Virginia and which has net worth in excess of $100 million. <a id="paragraph-269814" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2601/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1981, c. 530, &#xA7; 38.1-933; 1986, c. 562; 1992, c. 21; 2006, c. 634; 2017, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
