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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0814\">814<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0717\">717<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":362751,"section_number":"38.2-500","catch_line":"Declaration of purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-500\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1445219,"object_type":"law","relational_id":362895,"identifier":"38.2-6013","token":"38.2\/60\/38.2-6013","url":"\/38.2-6013\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-6013\/","token":"38.2\/60\/38.2-6013","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unfair trade practices","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-6013","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A violation of this chapter shall be considered an unfair trade practice under Chapter 5 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Declaration of purpose\" href=\"\/38.2-500\/\">38.2-500<\/a> et seq.) of this title and subject to the penalties contained in that chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES (\u00a7 38.2-6013)\n\nA violation of this chapter shall be considered an unfair trade practice under\nChapter 5 (\u00a7 38.2-500 et seq.) of this title and subject to the penalties\ncontained in that chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 814, \u00a7 38.2-5707; 2003, c. 717.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}