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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83462</law_id><section_number>59.1-447</section_number><catch_line>Bond or letter of credit required</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="36">The Virginia Travel Club Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Every <span class="dictionary">travel club</span>, before entering into a <span class="dictionary">travel services agreement</span> with a <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> of travel services, shall file and maintain with the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>, in a form and substance satisfactory to him, a <span class="dictionary">bond</span> with corporate <span class="dictionary">surety</span> from a company authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth, or a letter of credit from a bank insured by the Federal Insurance Deposit Corporation, or cash in the amounts indicated below: <a id="paragraph-299066" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-447/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">bond</span> or letter of credit required by subsection A of this section shall be in favor of the Commonwealth of Virginia for the benefit of any <span class="dictionary">purchaser</span> who is damaged by any violation of this chapter. <a id="paragraph-299067" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-447/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The aggregate liability of the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> or letter of credit to all persons for all breaches of the conditions of the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> or letter of credit shall in no event exceed the amount of the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> or letter of credit. The <span class="dictionary">bond</span> or letter of credit shall not be canceled or terminated except with the consent of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>. <span class="dictionary">Bonds</span> may be withdrawn by giving sixty-day advance written notice to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>, thereby releasing the <span class="dictionary">surety</span> from accruing future liability beyond the effective date of withdrawal. Such withdrawal shall not release the <span class="dictionary">surety</span> or otherwise cancel or terminate any liability existing at the time of the effective date of the withdrawal. <a id="paragraph-299068" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-447/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1993, c. 760; 1994, c. 482.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
