{"law_id":"785038","section_number":"59.1-207.16","catch_line":"Action to be brought within certain time","history":"1988, c. 603; 1990, c. 772; 1999, c. 387.","order_by":null,"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{},"official_url":"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/59.1-207.16\/","refers_to":[{"id":"777017","section_number":"59.1-207.15","catch_line":"Informal dispute settlement procedure","url":"\/59.1-207.15\/"}],"url":"\/59.1-207.16\/","token":"59.1\/17.3\/59.1-207.16","structure":{"1":{"id":"544","name":"Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act","identifier":"17.3","label":"chapter","url":"\/59.1\/17.3\/"},"2":{"id":"267","name":"Trade And Commerce","identifier":"59.1","label":"title","url":"\/59.1\/"}},"referred_to_by":[{"id":"785038","section_number":"59.1-207.16","catch_line":"Action to be brought within certain time","url":"\/59.1-207.16\/"}],"edition_id":"11","section_id":"785038","structure_id":"544","full_text":"Any action brought under this chapter shall be commenced within eighteen months following the date of original delivery of the motor vehicle to the consumer. However, any consumer whose good faith attempts to settle the dispute pursuant to the informal dispute settlement provisions of \u00a7 59.1-207.15 have not resulted in the satisfactory resolution of the matter shall have (i) twelve months from the date of the final action taken by the manufacturer in its dispute settlement procedure, if such procedure was resorted to within eighteen months of delivery, or (ii) the original eighteen-month period, whichever is longer, to file an action in the proper court.","text":{"0":{"id":"2532164","text":"Any action brought under this chapter shall be commenced within eighteen months following the date of original delivery of the motor vehicle to the consumer. However, any consumer whose good faith attempts to settle the dispute pursuant to the informal dispute settlement provisions of \u00a7 59.1-207.15 have not resulted in the satisfactory resolution of the matter shall have (i) twelve months from the date of the final action taken by the manufacturer in its dispute settlement procedure, if such procedure was resorted to within eighteen months of delivery, or (ii) the original eighteen-month period, whichever is longer, to file an action in the proper court.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":{"1":{"id":"544","name":"Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act","identifier":"17.3","label":"chapter","url":"\/59.1\/17.3\/"},"2":{"id":"267","name":"Trade And Commerce","identifier":"59.1","label":"title","url":"\/59.1\/"}},"structure_contents":{"0":{"id":"787457","structure_id":"544","section_number":"59.1-207.10","catch_line":"Intent","url":"\/59.1-207.10\/","token":"59.1\/17.3\/59.1-207.10"},"1":{"id":"772703","structure_id":"544","section_number":"59.1-207.11","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/59.1-207.11\/","token":"59.1\/17.3\/59.1-207.11"},"2":{"id":"783812","structure_id":"544","section_number":"59.1-207.12","catch_line":"Conformity to all warranties","url":"\/59.1-207.12\/","token":"59.1\/17.3\/59.1-207.12"},"3":{"id":"778157","structure_id":"544","section_number":"59.1-207.13","catch_line":"Nonconformity of motor vehicles","url":"\/59.1-207.13\/","token":"59.1\/17.3\/59.1-207.13"},"4":{"id":"765346","structure_id":"544","section_number":"59.1-207.14","catch_line":"Action to enforce provisions of chapter","url":"\/59.1-207.14\/","token":"59.1\/17.3\/59.1-207.14"},"5":{"id":"777017","structure_id":"544","section_number":"59.1-207.15","catch_line":"Informal dispute settlement procedure","url":"\/59.1-207.15\/","token":"59.1\/17.3\/59.1-207.15"},"6":{"id":"785038","structure_id":"544","section_number":"59.1-207.16","catch_line":"Action to be brought within certain time","url":"\/59.1-207.16\/","token":"59.1\/17.3\/59.1-207.16"},"7":{"id":"769594","structure_id":"544","section_number":"59.1-207.16:1","catch_line":"Disclosure of returned vehicles; penalty","url":"\/59.1-207.16:1\/","token":"59.1\/17.3\/59.1-207.16:1"},"8":{"id":"778722","structure_id":"544","section_number":"59.1-207.9","catch_line":"Short title","url":"\/59.1-207.9\/","token":"59.1\/17.3\/59.1-207.9"}},"previous_section":{"id":"777017","structure_id":"544","section_number":"59.1-207.15","catch_line":"Informal dispute settlement procedure","url":"\/59.1-207.15\/","token":"59.1\/17.3\/59.1-207.15"},"next_section":{"id":"769594","structure_id":"544","section_number":"59.1-207.16:1","catch_line":"Disclosure of returned vehicles; penalty","url":"\/59.1-207.16:1\/","token":"59.1\/17.3\/59.1-207.16:1"},"references":false,"formats":{"txt":"\/59.1-207.16.txt","json":"\/59.1-207.16.json","xml":"\/59.1-207.16.xml"},"dublin_core":{"Title":"Action to be brought within certain time","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-207.16","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACTION TO BE BROUGHT WITHIN CERTAIN TIME (\u00a7 59.1-207.16)\n\nAny action brought under this chapter shall be commenced within eighteen months\nfollowing the date of original delivery of the motor vehicle to the consumer.\nHowever, any consumer whose good faith attempts to settle the dispute pursuant\nto the informal dispute settlement provisions of \u00a7 59.1-207.15 have not\nresulted in the satisfactory resolution of the matter shall have (i) twelve\nmonths from the date of the final action taken by the manufacturer in its\ndispute settlement procedure, if such procedure was resorted to within eighteen\nmonths of delivery, or (ii) the original eighteen-month period, whichever is\nlonger, to file an action in the proper court.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 603; 1990, c. 772; 1999, c. 387."}