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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 344<\/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 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2010, chapter 439<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 459<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1487633,"object_type":"law","relational_id":372929,"identifier":"59.1-297.2","token":"59.1\/24\/59.1-297.2","url":"\/59.1-297.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-297.2\/","token":"59.1\/24\/59.1-297.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Automatic termination of a health club contract","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-297.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A health club contract<\/span> shall be considered terminated automatically if the designated facility closes permanently and the health club does not provide a comparable alternate facility<\/span>. A facility closes temporarily if it closes for a reasonable period of time (i) for renovations to all or a portion of the facility, (ii) because the lease for the facility has been canceled, or (iii) because of a fire, or a flood or other act of God, or other cause not within the reasonable control of the health club. If a facility closes temporarily, it shall within 14 days from the time of the temporary closing provide notice of the date it expects to reopen, which date shall be within a reasonable period of time from the time the facility temporarily closes, to the Commissioner<\/span> and shall conspicuously post such notice both within and outside each entrance to the facility.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTOMATIC TERMINATION OF A HEALTH CLUB CONTRACT (\u00a7 59.1-297.2)\n\nA health club contract shall be considered terminated automatically if the\ndesignated facility closes permanently and the health club does not provide a\ncomparable alternate facility. A facility closes temporarily if it closes for a\nreasonable period of time (i) for renovations to all or a portion of the\nfacility, (ii) because the lease for the facility has been canceled, or (iii)\nbecause of a fire, or a flood or other act of God, or other cause not within the\nreasonable control of the health club. If a facility closes temporarily, it\nshall within 14 days from the time of the temporary closing provide notice of\nthe date it expects to reopen, which date shall be within a reasonable period of\ntime from the time the facility temporarily closes, to the Commissioner and\nshall conspicuously post such notice both within and outside each entrance to\nthe facility.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 344; 2010, c. 439; 2014, c. 459.","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"}}