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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72344</law_id><section_number>59.1-335.10</section_number><catch_line>Liability to consumer</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>59.1-335.4</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="25.1">Virginia Credit Services Businesses Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">credit services business</span> which willfully fails to comply with any requirement imposed under this chapter with respect to any <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> is liable to that <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> in an amount equal to the sum of: <a id="paragraph-260586" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-335.10/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Any actual <span class="dictionary">damages</span> sustained by the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> as a result of the failure; and <a id="paragraph-260587" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-335.10/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Such amount of punitive <span class="dictionary">damages</span> as the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may allow. <a id="paragraph-260588" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-335.10/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">credit services business</span> which is negligent in failing to comply with any requirement imposed under this chapter with respect to any <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> is liable to that <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> in an amount equal to the sum of any actual <span class="dictionary">damages</span> sustained by the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> as a result of the failure. <a id="paragraph-260589" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-335.10/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1989, cc. 651, 655.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
