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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70275</law_id><section_number>59.1-207.19</section_number><catch_line>Inapplicability of other laws; exempted transactions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>59.1-207.20</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="17.4">Virginia Lease-Purchase Agreement Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> <span class="dictionary">Lease-purchase agreements</span> that comply with this chapter are not governed by the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> relating to: <a id="paragraph-253745" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-207.19/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A home solicitation sale as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/59.1-21.2/">59.1-21.2</a>; <a id="paragraph-253746" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-207.19/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A transaction described in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Closed-end installment loans by sellers of goods or services" href="/6.2-311/">6.2-311</a>; or <a id="paragraph-253747" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-207.19/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A security interest as defined in subdivision (35) of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="General definitions" href="/8.1A-201/">8.1A-201</a>. <a id="paragraph-253748" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-207.19/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> This chapter does not apply to the following: <a id="paragraph-253749" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-207.19/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> <span class="dictionary">Lease-purchase agreements</span> primarily for business, commercial, or agricultural purposes, or those made with governmental agencies or instrumentalities or with organizations; <a id="paragraph-253750" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-207.19/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A lease of a safe deposit box; <a id="paragraph-253751" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-207.19/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A lease or bailment of personal property which is incidental to the lease of real property, and which provides that the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> has no option to purchase the leased property; or <a id="paragraph-253752" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-207.19/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> A lease of an automobile. <a id="paragraph-253753" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-207.19/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1988, c. 24; 2003, c. 353; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
