                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

USE OF WARRANTY REGISTRATION CARDS (§ 8.2-317.1)

A. As used in this section, &#8220;warranty registration card&#8221; means a
card or similar device that is provided to the purchaser of personal, family, or
household goods with a statement that the purchaser&#8217;s return of the
warranty registration card shortly after purchase of the goods is a condition
precedent to warranty coverage and performance.

B. Unless any requirement that the purchaser of personal, family, or household
goods return a warranty registration card as a condition precedent to warranty
coverage and performance is conspicuously disclosed in any advertising and
marketing materials that reference the goods&#8217; warranty, a seller may not
condition the coverage or performance of a warranty upon the return by the
purchaser of a warranty registration card, or provide that the duration of a
warranty is dependent upon the return by the purchaser of a warranty
registration card.

C. This section does not prohibit the use of warranty registration cards where a
seller suggests use of the card as one possible means of proof of the date the
goods were purchased. Any such suggestion to the purchaser shall include notice
that failure to return the card will not affect rights under the warranty, if
the purchaser can establish with reasonable certainty the date the goods were
purchased.

D. A violation of this section constitutes a prohibited practice under the
Virginia Consumer Protection Act (&#xA7; 59.1-196 et seq.).

HISTORY: 2010, c. 713.