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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64667</law_id><section_number>59.1-207.25</section_number><catch_line>Renegotiations and extensions</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 renegotiation shall occur when an existing <span class="dictionary">lease-purchase agreement</span> is satisfied and replaced by a new agreement undertaken by the same <span class="dictionary">lessor</span> and <span class="dictionary">consumer</span>. A renegotiation shall be considered a new agreement requiring new disclosures. However, events such as the following shall not be treated as renegotiations: <a id="paragraph-235361" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-207.25/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The addition or return of property in a multiple-item agreement or the substitution of the lease property, if in either case the average payment allocable to a payment period is not changed by more than twenty-five percent; <a id="paragraph-235362" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-207.25/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A deferral or extension of one or more periodic payments, or portions of a periodic payment; <a id="paragraph-235363" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-207.25/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A reduction in charges in the lease or agreement; and <a id="paragraph-235364" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-207.25/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> A lease or agreement involved in a <span class="dictionary">court</span> proceeding. <a id="paragraph-235365" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-207.25/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No disclosures are required for any extension of a <span class="dictionary">lease-purchase agreement</span>. <a id="paragraph-235366" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-207.25/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1988, c. 24.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
