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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85586</law_id><section_number>55.1-2231</section_number><catch_line>Statute of limitations; actions; limitation on rescission rights</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="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> Except as otherwise provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Protection of lien holder" href="/55.1-2237/">55.1-2237</a>, a judicial proceeding where the sufficiency of the <span class="dictionary">time-share instrument</span>, the accuracy of the <span class="dictionary">public offering statement</span>, or validity of any <span class="dictionary">contract</span> of purchase is in <span class="dictionary">issue</span> and a rescission of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> or <span class="dictionary">damages</span> is sought shall be commenced within two years after the date of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> of purchase, notwithstanding that the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span>&#x2019;s terms of payments may extend beyond this period of limitation; however, with respect to the enforcement of provisions in the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> of purchase that require the continued furnishing of services and the reciprocal payments to be made by the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span>, the period of bringing a judicial proceeding shall continue for a period of two years for each breach.
			Rescission of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> shall not be granted by the <span class="dictionary">court</span> unless (i) the inaccuracy of the <span class="dictionary">public offering statement</span> or the insufficiency of the <span class="dictionary">time-share instrument</span> directly and adversely affected the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span>&#x2019;s right to participate in the <span class="dictionary">time-share program</span> or to own his time-share or (ii) at the time of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, the <span class="dictionary">developer</span> has sold more <span class="dictionary">time-shares</span> than there are <span class="dictionary">time-share units</span> that have been completed or bonded to accommodate such sales. Further, if <span class="dictionary">damages</span> are awarded, the amount of the <span class="dictionary">damages</span> shall be limited to actual <span class="dictionary">damages</span> sustained. <a id="paragraph-306602" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2231/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">developer</span> has substantially complied in good faith with the provisions of this chapter, a nonmaterial error or omission shall not be actionable. A nonmaterial error or omission shall not be sufficient to permit a <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> to cancel a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> after the cancellation period provided by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Purchaser's rights of cancellation" href="/55.1-2221/">55.1-2221</a> has expired. <a id="paragraph-306603" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/55.1-2231/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1981, c. 462, &#xA7; 55-383; 2006, c. 653; 2008, c. 376; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
