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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81246</law_id><section_number>38.2-2610</section_number><catch_line>Cancellation of home protection contracts</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No home protection <span class="dictionary">contract</span> shall be cancelable by the <span class="dictionary">home protection company</span> during the initial term for which it is issued, except for: <a id="paragraph-291213" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2610/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Nonpayment of premium; <a id="paragraph-291214" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2610/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> <span class="dictionary">Fraud</span> or misrepresentation of <span class="dictionary">facts</span> <span class="dictionary">material</span> to the issuance of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span>; or <a id="paragraph-291215" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2610/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> <span class="dictionary">Contracts</span> providing coverage prior to the time the residential property is purchased, provided that purchase of the property does not occur. <a id="paragraph-291216" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2610/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Nothing in this section establishes the right of a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> holder to renew any <span class="dictionary">contract</span>. <a id="paragraph-291217" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2610/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1981, c. 530, &#xA7; 38.1-940; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
