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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67991</law_id><section_number>55.1-2225</section_number><catch_line>Warning required</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-2224</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> The <span class="dictionary">developer</span>, <span class="dictionary">association</span>, or other <span class="dictionary">project professional</span> shall post and maintain signs that contain the warning notice specified in subsection B. One sign shall be placed in a clearly visible location at the entrance to the project and another at the site of the <span class="dictionary">project activity</span>. The warning notice shall consist of a sign in black letters, with each letter to be a minimum of one inch in height. Every written <span class="dictionary">contract</span> entered into by a <span class="dictionary">project professional</span> for the providing of professional services, instruction, or the rental of equipment to a <span class="dictionary">participant</span>, whether or not the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> involves project activities on or off the <span class="dictionary">time-share project</span> or at the site of the <span class="dictionary">project activity</span>, shall contain in clearly readable print the warning notice specified in subsection B. <a id="paragraph-246184" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2225/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The signs and <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> described in subsection A shall contain the following notice of warning:
			&#x201C;WARNING: Under Virginia <span class="dictionary">law</span>, there is no liability for an injury to or death of a <span class="dictionary">participant</span> in a project activity conducted at this location if such injury or death results from the <span class="dictionary">inherent risks of project activity</span>. <span class="dictionary">Inherent risks of project activity</span> include, among others, risks of injury inherent to land, equipment, and animals, as well as the potential for you to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to your injury or death. You are assuming the inherent risks of participating in this project activity.&#x201D; <a id="paragraph-246185" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2225/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Failure to comply with the requirements concerning warning signs and notices provided in this section shall prevent a <span class="dictionary">project professional</span> from invoking the <span class="dictionary">privileges</span> of immunity provided by this chapter. <a id="paragraph-246186" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2225/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2007, c. 267, &#xA7; 55-376.4; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
