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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 898<\/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":1487999,"object_type":"law","relational_id":373016,"identifier":"59.1-352.9","token":"59.1\/27.1\/59.1-352.9","url":"\/59.1-352.9\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-352.9\/","token":"59.1\/27.1\/59.1-352.9","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibited acts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-352.9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No supplier<\/span> shall do any of the following:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Coerce any dealer<\/span> to accept delivery of equipment, parts, or accessories that the dealer<\/span> has not ordered voluntarily, except as required by any applicable law<\/span>, or unless the parts or accessories are safety parts or accessories required by the supplier<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Condition the sale of additional equipment to a dealer<\/span> upon a requirement that the dealer<\/span> also purchase other goods or services, except that a supplier<\/span> may require the dealer<\/span> to purchase those parts reasonably necessary to maintain the quality of operation in the field of the equipment used in the trade area. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Coerce a dealer<\/span> into refusing to purchase equipment manufactured by another supplier<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Terminate, cancel, or fail to renew or substantially change the competitive circumstances of the retail agreement<\/span> based on the results of any circumstance beyond the dealer<\/span>’s control, including a natural disaster such as a sustained drought, high unemployment in the dealership market area, or a labor dispute. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITED ACTS (\u00a7 59.1-352.9)\n\nNo supplier shall do any of the following:\n\n1. Coerce any dealer to accept delivery of equipment, parts, or accessories that\nthe dealer has not ordered voluntarily, except as required by any applicable\nlaw, or unless the parts or accessories are safety parts or accessories required\nby the supplier.\n\n2. Condition the sale of additional equipment to a dealer upon a requirement\nthat the dealer also purchase other goods or services, except that a supplier\nmay require the dealer to purchase those parts reasonably necessary to maintain\nthe quality of operation in the field of the equipment used in the trade area.\n\n3. Coerce a dealer into refusing to purchase equipment manufactured by another\nsupplier.\n\n4. Terminate, cancel, or fail to renew or substantially change the competitive\ncircumstances of the retail agreement based on the results of any circumstance\nbeyond the dealer’s control, including a natural disaster such as a\nsustained drought, high unemployment in the dealership market area, or a labor\ndispute.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 898.","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"}}