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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 651 and 655 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. Unfortunately, the 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1487913,"object_type":"law","relational_id":372995,"identifier":"59.1-335.9","token":"59.1\/25.1\/59.1-335.9","url":"\/59.1-335.9\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-335.9\/","token":"59.1\/25.1\/59.1-335.9","dublin_core":{"Title":"Breach; null and void contract","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-335.9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any breach by a credit services business<\/span> of a contract<\/span> under this chapter, or of any obligation arising under it, shall constitute a violation of this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any contract<\/span> for services from a credit services business<\/span> that does not comply with the applicable provisions of this chapter shall be void and unenforceable as contrary to the public policy of this Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Any waiver<\/span> by a consumer<\/span> of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed void and unenforceable by a credit services business<\/span> as contrary to public policy of this Commonwealth, and any attempt by a credit services business<\/span> to have a consumer<\/span> waive<\/span> rights given by this chapter shall constitute a violation of this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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