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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73836</law_id><section_number>59.1-434.7</section_number><catch_line>Home service contracts not insurance; exemptions</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="33.1">Home Service Contract Providers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> <span class="dictionary">Home service contracts</span> are (i) not contracts of insurance in the Commonwealth and (ii) not subject to regulation under Title 38.2. <a id="paragraph-265464" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-434.7/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">provider</span> that has a net worth, on a stand-alone basis or together with a parent company, calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or statutory accounting principles at the election of the <span class="dictionary">provider</span>, in excess of $100 million shall be subject to neither (i) the provisions of this chapter nor (ii) the provisions of Title 38.2. <a id="paragraph-265465" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-434.7/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any matter subject to the insurance regulatory authority of the State Corporation Commission pursuant to Title 38.2 shall not be subject to the provisions of this chapter. <a id="paragraph-265466" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-434.7/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> <span class="dictionary">Providers</span> that comply with this chapter shall not be subject to the provisions of Title 38.2. <a id="paragraph-265467" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-434.7/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> Employees of <span class="dictionary">providers</span> that comply with this chapter and licensed real estate agents or other contractors operating under a written agreement with such <span class="dictionary">providers</span> that market, sell, or offer to sell <span class="dictionary">home service contracts</span> on behalf of the registered <span class="dictionary">provider</span> shall be subject to neither (i) the provisions of this chapter nor (ii) the provisions of Title 38.2. <a id="paragraph-265468" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-434.7/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to: <a id="paragraph-265469" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-434.7/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Any extended service <span class="dictionary">contract</span> <span class="dictionary">providers</span> offering extended service contracts on consumer products, as those terms are defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/59.1-435/">59.1-435</a>, that are registered and regulated pursuant to Chapter 34 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/59.1-435/">59.1-435</a> et seq.); or <a id="paragraph-265470" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-434.7/#F1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Any maintenance and service agreement (i) pertaining to a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, or cooling system entered into between a seller of petroleum heating oil, propane, or natural gas and the seller&#x2019;s customer if the seller does not engage in selling <span class="dictionary">home service contracts</span> for <span class="dictionary">property</span> other than heating, ventilation, air conditioning, or cooling systems or (ii) entered into by a person who provides telecommunications services in the Commonwealth to which the service <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, guarantee or warranty relates. <a id="paragraph-265471" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-434.7/#F2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2017, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
