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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75243</law_id><section_number>59.1-299</section_number><catch_line>Duration of contract</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>59.1-310</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="24">Virginia Health Club Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">health club contract</span> shall have a duration for a period longer than thirty-six months, including any renewal period; however, a <span class="dictionary">health club contract</span> may exceed 36 months provided that:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">initiation fee</span> does not exceed 10 times the initial <span class="dictionary">monthly fee</span>; <a id="paragraph-270207" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-299/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> All payments for <span class="dictionary">health club services</span>, other than the <span class="dictionary">initiation fee</span>, are collected as <span class="dictionary">monthly fees</span> on a monthly basis; <a id="paragraph-270208" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-299/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> After an initial term of not more than 12 months, either <span class="dictionary">party</span> may cancel the <span class="dictionary">health club contract</span> upon not more than 30 days&#x2019; notice; and <a id="paragraph-270209" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-299/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The <span class="dictionary">monthly fee</span> is never reduced below 80 percent of the <span class="dictionary">monthly fee</span> at the time the contract is initially executed. <a id="paragraph-270210" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-299/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1984, c. 738; 1990, cc. 392, 433; 1992, c. 117; 2014, c. 459.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
