                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WAIVER PROHIBITED (§ 46.2-1572.3)

No motor vehicle manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch,
or subsidiary thereof shall obtain from a motor vehicle dealer a waiver of the
dealer&#8217;s rights by threatening to impose a detriment upon the
dealer&#8217;s business or threatening to withhold from the dealer any
entitlement, benefit, or service to which the dealer is entitled by virtue of
any franchise agreement, contract, statute, regulation, or law of any kind or
which has been granted to more than one other franchisee of the manufacturer,
factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch in the Commonwealth. This
section shall not apply to good faith settlement of disputes, including disputes
pertaining to contract negotiations, in which a waiver is granted in exchange
for fair consideration in the form of a benefit conferred upon the dealer;
however, this section shall apply to a dispute as to whether a waiver of such
rights by a motor vehicle dealer has been obtained in violation of this section.

HISTORY: 2001, cc. 135, 150; 2010, cc. 284, 318.