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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74129</law_id><section_number>59.1-267</section_number><catch_line>Contracts required to be in writing; contents</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>59.1-268</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="21">Business Opportunity Sales Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Every business opportunity sales <span class="dictionary">contract</span> shall be in writing and a copy shall be given to the purchaser at the time he signs the <span class="dictionary">contract</span>. <a id="paragraph-266603" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-267/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Every <span class="dictionary">contract</span> for the sale of a business opportunity shall include the following: <a id="paragraph-266604" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-267/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The terms and conditions of payment; <a id="paragraph-266605" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-267/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A full and detailed description of the acts or services that the business opportunity seller undertakes to perform for the purchaser; <a id="paragraph-266606" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-267/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The seller&#x2019;s principal business address and the name and address of its agent in the Commonwealth of Virginia authorized to receive <span class="dictionary">service of process</span>; <a id="paragraph-266607" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-267/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> A full and detailed description of any product, products, equipment or supplies the business opportunity seller is to deliver to the purchaser; <a id="paragraph-266608" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-267/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The approximate delivery date of any product, products, equipment, or supplies the business opportunity seller is to deliver to the purchaser. <a id="paragraph-266609" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-267/#B5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1979, c. 523.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
