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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60515</law_id><section_number>59.1-207.23</section_number><catch_line>Reinstatement</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="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> A <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> who fails to make a timely rental payment may reinstate the agreement, without losing any rights or options which exist under the agreement, by the payment of (i) all past due rental charges, (ii) if the property has been picked up, the reasonable costs of pickup and redelivery, and (iii) any applicable late fee, within five days of the renewal date if the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> pays monthly, or within two days of the renewal date if the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> pays more frequently than monthly. <a id="paragraph-221251" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-207.23/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In the case of a <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> who has paid less than two-thirds of the total of payments necessary to acquire ownership and where the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> has returned or voluntarily surrendered the property, other than through judicial process, during the applicable reinstatement period set forth in subsection A of this section, the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> may reinstate the agreement during a period of not less than twenty-one days after the date of the return of the property. <a id="paragraph-221252" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-207.23/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> In the case of a <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> who has paid two-thirds or more of the total of payments necessary to acquire ownership, and where the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> has returned or voluntarily surrendered the property, other than through judicial process, during the applicable period set forth in subsection A of this section, the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> may reinstate the agreement during a period of not less than forty-five days after the date of the return of the property. <a id="paragraph-221253" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-207.23/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Nothing in this section shall prevent a <span class="dictionary">lessor</span> from attempting to repossess property during the reinstatement period, but such a repossession shall not affect the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span>&#x2019;s right to reinstate. Upon reinstatement, the <span class="dictionary">lessor</span> shall provide the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> with the same property or substitute property of comparable quality and condition. <a id="paragraph-221254" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-207.23/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1988, c. 24.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
