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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70516</law_id><section_number>55.1-2218</section_number><catch_line>Certain advertising practices regulated</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-2252</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="55.1">Property and Conveyances</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Common Interest Communities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="22">Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Protection of Purchasers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">offering</span> that includes a gift or prize shall disclose in such <span class="dictionary">offering</span>, with the same prominence as such <span class="dictionary">offer</span>: <a id="paragraph-254437" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2218/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The retail value of each gift or prize; <a id="paragraph-254438" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2218/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The approximate odds against any given <span class="dictionary">person</span> obtaining each gift or prize if all <span class="dictionary">persons</span> to whom the advertisement is disseminated do what is necessary to qualify for the award of the gift or prize; <a id="paragraph-254439" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2218/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If the number of gifts or prizes to be awarded is limited, a statement of the number of gifts or prizes to be awarded or, in lieu of such statement, the nature of such limitation; <a id="paragraph-254440" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2218/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> All rules, terms, requirements, and conditions that shall be fulfilled before a prospective <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> may claim any gift or prize, including whether the prospective <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> is required to attend a sales presentation in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to receive the gift or prize; <a id="paragraph-254441" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2218/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The date upon which the <span class="dictionary">offer</span> expires; and <a id="paragraph-254442" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2218/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> A statement to the effect that the <span class="dictionary">offer</span> is being made for the purpose of soliciting the purchase of a <span class="dictionary">time-share</span>, <span class="dictionary">time-share</span> interest, interval ownership, interval ownership interest, vacation ownership, vacation ownership interest, or <span class="dictionary">product</span>, as appropriate. <a id="paragraph-254443" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2218/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any gift or prize offered in connection with an <span class="dictionary">offering</span> shall be delivered to the prospective <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> no later than the day the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> attends a sales presentation, if required, and if not, on the day the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> appears to claim it, whether or not he purchases a <span class="dictionary">time-share</span>. In the event that the supply of gifts or prizes is exhausted at the time required for delivery, the <span class="dictionary">developer</span> shall give the prospective <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> a written, unconditional promise to deliver such gift or prize no later than 30 days from the date required for delivery. If such gift or prize is not obtainable, the <span class="dictionary">developer</span> shall deliver an item of equal or greater value. <a id="paragraph-254444" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2218/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">offering</span> or sale of any <span class="dictionary">product</span> registered with the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> is exempt from the Virginia Securities Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/13.1-501/">13.1-501</a> et seq.), Chapter 9 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/55.1-900/">55.1-900</a> et seq.), the Virginia Condominium Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/55.1-1900/">55.1-1900</a> et seq.), the Subdivided Land Sales Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/55.1-2300/">55.1-2300</a> et seq.), the Virginia Home Solicitation Sales Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Citation of chapter" href="/59.1-21.1/">59.1-21.1</a> et seq.), the Prizes and Gifts Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/59.1-415/">59.1-415</a> et seq.), and the Virginia Travel Club Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/59.1-445/">59.1-445</a> et seq.). <a id="paragraph-254445" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2218/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1983, c. 59, &#xA7; 55-374.1; 1984, c. 333; 1985, c. 517; 1991, c. 704; 1994, c. 580; 1996, c. 372; 1998, c. 460; 2006, c. 653; 2008, cc. 851, 871; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
