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This law was first created in 2024. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 639<\/a> and 668<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1487171,"object_type":"law","relational_id":372813,"identifier":"59.1-21.11:2","token":"59.1\/2.2\/59.1-21.11_2","url":"\/59.1-21.11_2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-21.11_2\/","token":"59.1\/2.2\/59.1-21.11_2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Required provisions pertaining to agreements between jobber\/distributors and dealers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-21.11:2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A term of an initial agreement between a jobber\/distributor and a dealer<\/span> relating to specific marketing premises shall not be less than one year, and the term of all subsequent agreements between the jobber\/distributor and the dealer<\/span> relating to the same marketing premises shall not be for less than three years. The rental provisions in any such agreement or franchise<\/span> shall be based on commercially fair and reasonable standards at a fair market value of the leased marketing premises<\/span>. If a dealer<\/span> believes the terms of the agreement offered do not meet a fair market value, such dealer<\/span> may hire, at his expense, an independent third-party<\/span> appraisal company from a list of appraisal companies provided by the jobber\/distributor to provide a market valuation study. Such study shall (i) be for informational purposes only, (ii) not require either party<\/span> to disclose confidential business information, and (iii) not bind either party<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The provisions of this section shall be limited to Planning District 8 and shall apply to initial franchise agreements<\/span> and renewals of franchise agreements<\/span> entered into after July 1, 2024. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREQUIRED PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO AGREEMENTS BETWEEN JOBBER\/DISTRIBUTORS AND\nDEALERS (\u00a7 59.1-21.11:2)\n\nA. A term of an initial agreement between a jobber\/distributor and a dealer\nrelating to specific marketing premises shall not be less than one year, and the\nterm of all subsequent agreements between the jobber\/distributor and the dealer\nrelating to the same marketing premises shall not be for less than three years.\nThe rental provisions in any such agreement or franchise shall be based on\ncommercially fair and reasonable standards at a fair market value of the leased\nmarketing premises. If a dealer believes the terms of the agreement offered do\nnot meet a fair market value, such dealer may hire, at his expense, an\nindependent third-party appraisal company from a list of appraisal companies\nprovided by the jobber\/distributor to provide a market valuation study. Such\nstudy shall (i) be for informational purposes only, (ii) not require either\nparty to disclose confidential business information, and (iii) not bind either\nparty.\n\nB. The provisions of this section shall be limited to Planning District 8 and\nshall apply to initial franchise agreements and renewals of franchise agreements\nentered into after July 1, 2024.\n\nHISTORY: 2024, cc. 639, 668.","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"}}