                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 59.1-526)

As used in this chapter:
		&#8220;Consumer transaction,&#8221;"goods,&#8221; and &#8220;services,&#8221;
have the same meanings as are set forth for those terms in § 59.1-198. However,
&#8220;consumer transaction&#8221; also includes transactions involving the
advertisement, sale, lease, license, or offering for sale, lease, or license of
goods or services to be used for business purposes and the advertisement, sale,
lease, license, or contract of employment services to be provided or procured
for business purposes.
		&#8220;Disaster&#8221; means any &#8220;disaster,&#8221;
&#8220;emergency,&#8221; or &#8220;major disaster,&#8221; as those terms are
used and defined in § 44-146.16, that results in the declaration of a state of
emergency by the Governor or the President of the United States.
		&#8220;Necessary goods and services&#8221; means any necessary good or service
for which consumer demand does, or is likely to, increase as a consequence of
the disaster, and includes water, ice, consumer food items or supplies, property
or services for emergency cleanup, emergency supplies, communication supplies
and services, medical supplies and services, home heating fuel, building
materials and services, tree removal supplies and services, freight, storage
services, housing, lodging, transportation, and motor fuels.
		&#8220;Supplier&#8221; means a seller, lessor, licensor, or professional who
advertises, solicits, or engages in consumer transactions, or a manufacturer,
distributor, or licensor who sells, leases, or licenses goods or services to be
resold, leased, or sublicensed by other persons in consumer transactions.
However, a manufacturer, distributor, or licensor who sells, leases, or licenses
agricultural goods or services to be resold, leased, or sublicensed by other
persons in consumer transactions shall not be considered a
&#8220;supplier&#8221; unless such manufacturer, distributor, or licensor
advertises such agricultural goods or services.
		&#8220;Time of disaster&#8221; means the longer of (i) the period of time when
a state of emergency declared by the Governor or the President of the United
States as the result of a disaster, emergency, or major disaster, as those terms
are used and defined in § 44-146.16, is in effect or (ii) 30 days after the
occurrence of the disaster, emergency, or major disaster that resulted in the
declaration of the state of emergency; however, if the state of emergency is
extended or renewed within 30 days after such an occurrence, then such period
shall be extended to include the 30 days following the date the state of
emergency was extended or renewed.

HISTORY: 2004, cc. 798, 817; 2006, c. 362; 2008, cc. 121, 157; 2020, Sp. Sess.
I, c. 16; 2024, c. 549.