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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64136</law_id><section_number>46.2-1573.22</section_number><catch_line>Ownership of service facilities</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="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Dealers and Driver Training Schools</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="15">Motor Vehicle Dealers</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="7.3">Trailer Franchises</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall be unlawful for any <span class="dictionary">trailer</span> <span class="dictionary">manufacturer</span>, <span class="dictionary">factory branch</span>, distributor, <span class="dictionary">distributor branch</span>, or subsidiary thereof to own, operate, or control, either directly or indirectly, any <span class="dictionary">trailer</span> warranty or service facility located in the Commonwealth. Nothing in this section shall prohibit any <span class="dictionary">trailer</span> <span class="dictionary">manufacturer</span>, <span class="dictionary">factory branch</span>, distributor, <span class="dictionary">distributor branch</span>, or subsidiary thereof from owning, operating, or controlling any warranty or service facility for warranty or service of <span class="dictionary">trailers</span> owned or operated by the <span class="dictionary">manufacturer</span>, <span class="dictionary">factory branch</span>, distributor, <span class="dictionary">distributor branch</span>, or subsidiary thereof. Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit a <span class="dictionary">trailer</span> <span class="dictionary">manufacturer</span>, <span class="dictionary">factory branch</span>, distributor, or <span class="dictionary">distributor branch</span> from performing service for reasons of compliance with an <span class="dictionary">order</span> of a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of competent <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> or of warranty under Chapter 17.3 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Short title" href="/59.1-207.9/">59.1-207.9</a> et seq.) of Title 59.1.</p></section></text><history>1996, cc. 1043, 1052, &#xA7; 46.2-1992.74; 2015, c. 615.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
