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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77098</law_id><section_number>59.1-318</section_number><catch_line>Application for registration of membership camping operator</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>59.1-320.1</reference><reference>59.1-323</reference><reference>59.1-325</reference><reference>59.1-335</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="25">Virginia Membership Camping Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Registration</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The application for registration shall be on a form prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> and shall include, to the extent applicable, the following: <a id="paragraph-276606" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-318/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The applicant&#x2019;s name, address, and the organizational form of his business, including the date, and <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> under which the business was organized; the address of each of its offices in this Commonwealth; and the name and address of each <span class="dictionary">campground</span> located in this Commonwealth, which is owned or operated, in whole or in part, by the applicant; <a id="paragraph-276607" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-318/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The name, address, and principal occupation for the past five years of every officer of the applicant, including its principal managers, and the extent and nature of the interest of each such <span class="dictionary">person</span> at the time the application is filed; <a id="paragraph-276608" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-318/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A list of all owners of ten percent or more of the capital stock of the applicant, except that this list is not required if the applicant is a company required to report under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934; <a id="paragraph-276609" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-318/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> A <span class="dictionary">brief</span> description of and a certified copy of the instrument which creates the applicant&#x2019;s ownership of, or other right to use the <span class="dictionary">campground</span> and the facilities at the <span class="dictionary">campground</span> which are to be available for use by <span class="dictionary">purchasers</span>, together with a copy of any lease, license, franchise, reciprocal agreement or other agreement entitling the applicant to use such <span class="dictionary">campground</span> and facilities, and any <span class="dictionary">material</span> provision of the agreement which restricts a <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span>&#x2019;s use of such <span class="dictionary">campground</span> or facilities; <a id="paragraph-276610" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-318/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> A sample copy of each instrument which will be delivered to a <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> to <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> his membership in the <span class="dictionary">campground</span> and a sample copy of each agreement which a <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> will be required to execute; <a id="paragraph-276611" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-318/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> A statement of the zoning and other governmental regulations affecting the use of the <span class="dictionary">campground</span> including the site plans and building permits and their status; <a id="paragraph-276612" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-318/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> A list of special taxes or assessments, whether current or proposed, which affect the <span class="dictionary">campground</span>; <a id="paragraph-276613" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-318/#A7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A8" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> Financial statements of the applicant prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, which shall include a financial statement for the most recent fiscal year audited by an independent certified public accountant and an unaudited financial statement for the most recent fiscal quarter; <a id="paragraph-276614" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-318/#A8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A9" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> A copy of the <span class="dictionary">disclosure statement</span> required by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Membership camping operator's disclosure statement" href="/59.1-326/">59.1-326</a>; <a id="paragraph-276615" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-318/#A9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A10" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">10.</span> An irrevocable appointment of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> or his designees to receive service of any lawful process in any proceeding arising under this chapter against the applicant or his agents, except one issued by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>. The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall forward any such process by registered or certified mail addressed to any of the principals, officers, directors, partners, or trustees of the applicant who are listed on the application for registration pursuant to this chapter, or to any other <span class="dictionary">person</span> designated in the application to receive such process, and shall keep a record of it. Any process, notice, <span class="dictionary">order</span>, or demand issued by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall be served by registered mail addressed to any principal, officer, director, partner, or trustee of the applicant listed on the application for registration pursuant to this chapter or to any <span class="dictionary">person</span> designated in the application to receive such process. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or prohibit the lawful <span class="dictionary">service of process</span> on individual principals as allowed by the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth. The names and addresses of the principals, officers, directors, partners, or trustees of the <span class="dictionary">membership camping operator</span> as last filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be conclusive for the purposes of services of process; <a id="paragraph-276616" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-318/#A10"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A11" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">11.</span> A narrative description of the promotional plan for the sale of the <span class="dictionary">membership camping contracts</span>; <a id="paragraph-276617" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-318/#A11"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A12" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">12.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> required to be posted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; <a id="paragraph-276618" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-318/#A12"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A13" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">13.</span> A copy of the agreement, if any, between the applicant and any <span class="dictionary">person</span> owning, controlling, or managing the <span class="dictionary">campground</span> and the applicant; <a id="paragraph-276619" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-318/#A13"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A14" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">14.</span> A complete list of locations and addresses of any and all sales offices located within the Commonwealth, together with a roster of all <span class="dictionary">salespersons</span> who are employed in this Commonwealth by the applicant whether as employees or as independent contractors; <a id="paragraph-276620" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-318/#A14"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A15" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">15.</span> The names of any other states or foreign countries in which an application for registration of the <span class="dictionary">membership camping operator</span> or the <span class="dictionary">membership camping contract</span> or any similar document has been filed; and <a id="paragraph-276621" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-318/#A15"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A16" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">16.</span> Complete information concerning any adverse <span class="dictionary">order</span>, <span class="dictionary">judgment</span>, or <span class="dictionary">decree</span> which has been entered by any <span class="dictionary">court</span> or administrative agency in connection with a <span class="dictionary">campground</span> or other project operated by the applicant or in which the applicant has or had an interest at the time. <a id="paragraph-276622" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-318/#A16"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The application shall be signed by the <span class="dictionary">membership camping operator</span>, an officer or general partner thereof or by another <span class="dictionary">person</span> holding a <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> for this purpose from the <span class="dictionary">membership camping operator</span>. If the application is signed pursuant to a <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span>, a copy of the <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span> shall be included with the application. <a id="paragraph-276623" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-318/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The application shall be submitted with a facing page as might be prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> if then in effect, along with the appropriate fees. <a id="paragraph-276624" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-318/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> An application for registration shall be amended within twenty-five days if there is a <span class="dictionary">material</span> change in the information included in the application. A <span class="dictionary">material</span> change includes any change which significantly reduces or terminates either the applicant&#x2019;s or the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span>&#x2019;s right to use the <span class="dictionary">campground</span> or any of the facilities described in the <span class="dictionary">membership camping contract</span>, but does not include <span class="dictionary">minor</span> changes covering the use of the <span class="dictionary">campground</span>, its facilities or the <span class="dictionary">reciprocal program</span>. <a id="paragraph-276625" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-318/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> The review of the application for registration of the <span class="dictionary">membership camping operator</span> shall occur pursuant to the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Review of registration application" href="/59.1-320.1/">59.1-320.1</a>. <a id="paragraph-276626" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-318/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> Registration with the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall not be deemed to be an approval or endorsement by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> of the <span class="dictionary">membership camping operator</span>, his <span class="dictionary">membership camping contract</span>, or his <span class="dictionary">campground</span>, and any attempt by the <span class="dictionary">membership camping operator</span> to indicate that registration constitutes such approval or endorsement shall be unlawful. <a id="paragraph-276627" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-318/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1985, c. 409; 1992, c. 545.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
