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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73946</law_id><section_number>59.1-328</section_number><catch_line>Membership camping contracts</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><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="3">Protection of Purchasers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">membership camping operator</span> shall deliver to his <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> a fully executed copy of the <span class="dictionary">membership camping contract</span>, which contract shall include at least the following information:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The actual date the <span class="dictionary">membership camping contract</span> is executed by the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span>. <a id="paragraph-265964" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-328/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The name of the <span class="dictionary">membership camping operator</span> and the address of his principal place of business. <a id="paragraph-265965" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-328/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The total financial obligation imposed upon the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> by the contract, including the initial purchase price and any additional charges that the <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> may be required to pay. <a id="paragraph-265966" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-328/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> A description of the nature and duration of the membership being purchased, including any interest in real property. <a id="paragraph-265967" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-328/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> A statement that the <span class="dictionary">membership camping operator</span>, <span class="dictionary">salesperson</span>, or any other <span class="dictionary">person</span> who is in the business of <span class="dictionary">offering</span> for sale or transfer the rights under existing <span class="dictionary">membership camping contracts</span> for a fee is required by the Virginia Membership Camping Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Title" href="/59.1-311/">59.1-311</a> et seq.) to provide each <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> with a copy of the <span class="dictionary">membership camping operator</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">disclosure statement</span> prior to execution of such contract and that a failure to do so is a violation of the Act. <a id="paragraph-265968" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-328/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> The following statement under its own paragraph and conspicuously placed:
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">PURCHASER</span>&#x2019;S NONWAIVABLE RIGHT TO CANCEL&#x201D; shall appear at the beginning of such paragraph in boldfaced type of a minimum size of 10 points, immediately preceding the following statement, which shall appear in type no smaller than the other provisions of the contract:
			YOU AS THE <span class="dictionary">PURCHASER</span> HAVE A NONWAIVABLE 7-CALENDAR-DAY RIGHT OF CANCELLATION. THIS RIGHT OF CANCELLATION IS FULLY EXPLAINED ON THE COVER SHEET OF THE <span class="dictionary">MEMBERSHIP CAMPING OPERATOR</span>&#x2019;S <span class="dictionary">DISCLOSURE STATEMENT</span>. YOU ARE URGED TO REVIEW THE <span class="dictionary">DISCLOSURE STATEMENT</span> PRIOR TO THE EXECUTION OF THIS CONTRACT FOR A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR RIGHT OF CANCELLATION. IN ADDITION, AFTER THE INITIAL 7-CALENDAR-DAY CANCELLATION PERIOD, YOU THE <span class="dictionary">PURCHASER</span> OR YOUR SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST MAY TERMINATE YOUR LIABILITY UNDER THE <span class="dictionary">MEMBERSHIP CAMPING CONTRACT</span> INCLUDING PAYMENT OF ANY <span class="dictionary">MEMBERSHIP FEES, DUES, AND ASSESSMENTS</span> UPON YOUR GIVING PROPER AND EFFECTIVE NOTICE TO THE <span class="dictionary">MEMBERSHIP CAMPING OPERATOR</span>. TO BE EFFECTIVE, THE NOTICE MUST BE IN WRITING AND SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED AND IT MUST CONTAIN: (1) YOUR TRANSFER OF ANY AND ALL RIGHTS, TITLE, AND INTEREST YOU HAVE IN THE <span class="dictionary">MEMBERSHIP CAMPING CONTRACT</span> AND <span class="dictionary">CAMPGROUND</span> BACK TO THE <span class="dictionary">MEMBERSHIP CAMPING OPERATOR</span>; (2) A RECORDABLE DEED, DULY EXECUTED AND NOTARIZED, AND THE RECORDING FEE, IF YOU RECEIVED A RECORDED DEED FROM THE <span class="dictionary">MEMBERSHIP CAMPING OPERATOR</span>; (3) PAYMENTS OF (i) THE UNPAID BALANCE OF THE PURCHASE PRICE AND ANY ACCRUED UNPAID INTEREST THEREON AND (ii) ALL UNPAID <span class="dictionary">MEMBERSHIP FEES, DUES, AND ASSESSMENTS</span> WITH ACCRUED INTEREST THEREON PERMITTED BY THE <span class="dictionary">MEMBERSHIP CAMPING CONTRACT</span>; AND (4) PAYMENT OF ALL OTHER UNPAID FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS OWED BY YOU THE <span class="dictionary">PURCHASER</span> PURSUANT TO THE <span class="dictionary">MEMBERSHIP CAMPING CONTRACT</span>. <a id="paragraph-265969" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-328/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> The full name of all <span class="dictionary">salespersons</span> involved in the execution of the <span class="dictionary">membership camping contract</span>. <a id="paragraph-265970" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-328/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="8"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> A statement that contains, in boldfaced type, the name, address, and telephone number of the Virginia <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Agriculture and Consumer Services, stating that that agency is the regulatory agency handling consumer complaints regarding membership <span class="dictionary">campgrounds</span>. <a id="paragraph-265971" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-328/#8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1985, c. 409; 1992, c. 545; 2013, c. 24.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
