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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80639</law_id><section_number>59.1-352.6</section_number><catch_line>Exceptions to repurchase requirement</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="27.1">Equipment Dealers Protection Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>This chapter does not require the repurchase from a <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> of:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A repair part with a limited storage life or otherwise subject to deterioration, such as gaskets or batteries, except for industrial &#x201C;press on&#x201D; or industrial pneumatic tires. <a id="paragraph-289011" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-352.6/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A single repair part that is priced as a set of two or more items. <a id="paragraph-289012" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-352.6/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A repair part that, because of its condition, is not resalable as a new part without repackaging or reconditioning. <a id="paragraph-289013" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-352.6/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Any repair part that is not in new, unused, undamaged condition. <a id="paragraph-289014" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-352.6/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> An item of <span class="dictionary">inventory</span> for which the <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> does not have title free of all claims, <span class="dictionary">liens</span>, and encumbrances other than those of the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span>. <a id="paragraph-289015" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-352.6/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">inventory</span> that the <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> chooses to keep. <a id="paragraph-289016" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-352.6/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">inventory</span> that was ordered by the <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> after either <span class="dictionary">party</span>&#x2019;s receipt of notice of <span class="dictionary">termination</span> of the franchise <span class="dictionary">agreement</span>. <a id="paragraph-289017" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-352.6/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="8"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> Any farm implements and machinery, construction, utility and industrial equipment, outdoor power equipment, and <span class="dictionary">attachments</span> that are not <span class="dictionary">current models</span> or that are not in new, unused, undamaged, complete condition, provided that the equipment used in demonstrations or leased, as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Repurchase terms" href="/59.1-352.5/">59.1-352.5</a>, shall be considered new and unused. <a id="paragraph-289018" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-352.6/#8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="9"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> Any farm implements and machinery, construction, utility and industrial equipment, outdoor power equipment, and <span class="dictionary">attachments</span> that were purchased more than thirty-six months prior to notice of <span class="dictionary">termination</span> of the <span class="dictionary">agreement</span>. <a id="paragraph-289019" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-352.6/#9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="10"><p><span class="prefix-number">10.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">inventory</span> that was acquired by the <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> from a source other than the <span class="dictionary">supplier</span>. <a id="paragraph-289020" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-352.6/#10"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2002, c. 898.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
