CODE OF VIRGINIA

UNLAWFUL OFFERS (§ 13.1-563)

It shall be unlawful for any person, in connection with the sale or offer to
sell a franchise in this Commonwealth, directly or indirectly:

   1.  To employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud;

   2.  To make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a
   material fact necessary in order to avoid misleading the offeree;

   3.  To engage in any transaction, practice, or course of business that
   operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon the franchisee; or

   4.  To fail to provide the franchisee a copy of (i) the franchise agreement
   and (ii) such disclosure document as may be required by rule or order of the
   Commission.

HISTORY: 1972, c. 561; 1978, c. 670; 1991, c. 475; 2009, c. 148.