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<law><law_id>767842</law_id><section_number>38.2-2623</section_number><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><edition url="https://vacode.org/2016/" id="11" last_updated="2016-07-24" current="TRUE">2016</edition><structure><unit level="1" identifier="38.2" url="https://vacode.org/2016/38.2/">Insurance</unit><unit level="2" identifier="26" url="https://vacode.org/2016/38.2/26/">Home Protection Companies And Home Service Contract Providers</unit><unit level="3" identifier="2" url="https://vacode.org/2016/38.2/26/2/">Home Service Contract Providers</unit></structure><catch_line>Prohibited acts</catch_line><history>2006, c. 634.</history><order_by/><metadata/><court_decisions/><official_url>http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/38.2-2623/</official_url><refers_to/><url>/38.2-2623/</url><token>38.2/26/2/38.2-2623</token><referred_to_by/><text><section id="2474828" prefix="A"><text/><type>section</type><prefixes><section>A</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>A</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>A</prefix_anchor><level>1</level></section><section id="2474829" prefix="B"><text>A provider or its representative shall not in its home service contracts or literature make, permit or cause to be made any false or misleading statement, either oral or written, or deliberately omit any material statement that would be considered misleading if omitted in the sale, offer, or advertisement of the home service contract.</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section>B</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>B</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>B</prefix_anchor><level>1</level></section><section id="2474830" prefix="C"><text>No provider shall make or permit any unfair discrimination between individuals in the provider fees charged for any contract or in the performance of services.</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section>C</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>C</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>C</prefix_anchor><level>1</level></section><section id="2474831" prefix="D"><text>No provider shall fail to perform the services promised under the home service contract in a timely, competent, or workmanlike manner.</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section>D</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>D</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>D</prefix_anchor><level>1</level></section><section id="2474832" prefix="E"><text>The purchase of a home service contract is not mandatory.</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section>E</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>E</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>E</prefix_anchor><level>1</level></section></text></law>
