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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63417</law_id><section_number>59.1-207.31</section_number><catch_line>Required notice</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="17.5">Collision Damage Waiver Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The definitions in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/46.2-1408/">46.2-1408</a> apply, <span class="dictionary">mutatis mutandis</span>, to this section. <a id="paragraph-231121" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-207.31/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No <span class="dictionary">lessor</span> or peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platform shall sell or offer to sell to a <span class="dictionary">lessee</span> a <span class="dictionary">collision damage waiver</span> as a part of a <span class="dictionary">rental agreement</span> or vehicle sharing platform agreement unless the <span class="dictionary">lessor</span> or peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platform first provides the <span class="dictionary">lessee</span> or shared vehicle driver the following written notice:
			NOTICE: THIS <span class="dictionary">CONTRACT</span> OFFERS, FOR AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE, A <span class="dictionary">COLLISION DAMAGE WAIVER</span> TO COVER YOUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER TO PURCHASE THE <span class="dictionary">COLLISION DAMAGE WAIVER</span>, YOU MAY WISH TO DETERMINE WHETHER YOUR OWN VEHICLE INSURANCE AFFORDS YOU COVERAGE FOR DAMAGE TO THE RENTAL VEHICLE AND THE AMOUNT OF THE DEDUCTIBLE UNDER YOUR OWN INSURANCE COVERAGE. THE PURCHASE OF THIS <span class="dictionary">COLLISION DAMAGE WAIVER</span> IS NOT MANDATORY AND MAY BE WAIVED. <a id="paragraph-231122" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-207.31/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Such notice shall be made on the face of the <span class="dictionary">rental agreement</span> or vehicle sharing platform agreement either by stamp, label, or as part of the written <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, shall be set apart in boldface type and in no smaller print than 10-point type, and shall include a space for the <span class="dictionary">lessee</span> or shared vehicle driver, as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/46.2-1408/">46.2-1408</a>, to acknowledge his receipt of the notice. <a id="paragraph-231123" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-207.31/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1988, c. 349; 2020, c. 1266.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
