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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61833</law_id><section_number>59.1-415</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-2218</reference><reference>59.1-200</reference><reference>59.1-332</reference><reference>6.2-603.1</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="31">Prizes and Gifts Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, which shall be known and may be cited as the &#x201C;Prizes and Gifts Act&#x201D;:
		&#x201C;Anything of value,&#x201D; &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">item of value</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;item&#x201D; means any item or service with monetary value.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Handling charge</span>&#x201D; means any charge, fee or sum of money which is paid by a consumer to receive a prize, gift or any <span class="dictionary">item of value</span> including, but not limited to, promotional fees, <span class="dictionary">redemption</span> fees, registration fees or delivery costs.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Pay-per-call service</span>&#x201D; means any passive, interactive, polling, conference, or other similar audiotext service that is accessed through a 900 number exchange or otherwise, and generates a service-related fee billed to a telephone customer.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Person</span>&#x201D; means any natural <span class="dictionary">person</span>, corporation, trust, partnership, association and any other legal entity.</p></section></text><history>1989, c. 689; 1991, c. 154.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
