{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/59.1-474.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/59.1-474.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/59.1-474.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/59.1-474.html"}],"law_id":373186,"edition_id":2,"section_id":373186,"structure_id":53115,"section_number":"59.1-474","catch_line":"Certain actions deemed void","history":"1998, cc. 67, 242.","full_text":"A\n\nAny manufacturer&#8217;s exclusion or limitation of the implied warranties or consumer remedies prescribed by this chapter shall be deemed void.\n\nB\n\nAny purported waiver of rights to legal action or arbitration by a consumer within an assistive device purchase agreement shall be deemed void.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1392237,"text":"Any manufacturer&#8217;s exclusion or limitation of the implied warranties or consumer remedies prescribed by this chapter shall be deemed void.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":1392238,"text":"Any purported waiver of rights to legal action or arbitration by a consumer within an assistive device purchase agreement shall be deemed void.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":53115,"edition_id":2,"name":"Virginia Assistive Technology Device Warranties Act","identifier":"40","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":76,"parent_id":53010,"metadata":{"child_laws":5,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 03:11:01","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:36:34","permalink":{"id":1488751,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":53115,"identifier":"40","token":"59.1\/40","url":"\/59.1\/40\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":53010,"edition_id":2,"name":"Trade and Commerce","identifier":"59.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":127,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":861,"child_structures":141},"date_created":"2026-08-02 03:09:52","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:36:19","permalink":{"id":1486523,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":53010,"identifier":"59.1","token":"59.1","url":"\/59.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":373182,"structure_id":53115,"section_number":"59.1-470","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/59.1-470\/","token":"59.1\/40\/59.1-470","metadata":{"court_decisions":""}},{"id":373183,"structure_id":53115,"section_number":"59.1-471","catch_line":"Implied warranty; responsibility for repair, return, or replacement","url":"\/59.1-471\/","token":"59.1\/40\/59.1-471","metadata":{"court_decisions":""}},{"id":373184,"structure_id":53115,"section_number":"59.1-472","catch_line":"Returned devices; subsequent sale or lease; disclosure","url":"\/59.1-472\/","token":"59.1\/40\/59.1-472","metadata":{"court_decisions":""}},{"id":373185,"structure_id":53115,"section_number":"59.1-473","catch_line":"Legal action or arbitration","url":"\/59.1-473\/","token":"59.1\/40\/59.1-473","metadata":{"court_decisions":""}},{"id":373186,"structure_id":53115,"section_number":"59.1-474","catch_line":"Certain actions deemed void","url":"\/59.1-474\/","token":"59.1\/40\/59.1-474","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":373185,"structure_id":53115,"section_number":"59.1-473","catch_line":"Legal action or arbitration","url":"\/59.1-473\/","token":"59.1\/40\/59.1-473","metadata":{"court_decisions":""}},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/59.1-474\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0067\">67<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0242\">242<\/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":1488769,"object_type":"law","relational_id":373186,"identifier":"59.1-474","token":"59.1\/40\/59.1-474","url":"\/59.1-474\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-474\/","token":"59.1\/40\/59.1-474","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certain actions deemed void","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-474","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">manufacturer<\/span>&#8217;s exclusion or limitation of the implied warranties or consumer remedies prescribed by this chapter shall be deemed void. <a id=\"paragraph-1392237\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-474\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Any purported <span class=\"dictionary\">waiver<\/span> of rights to legal action or arbitration by a consumer within an assistive <span class=\"dictionary\">device<\/span> purchase agreement shall be deemed void. <a id=\"paragraph-1392238\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-474\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTAIN ACTIONS DEEMED VOID (\u00a7 59.1-474)\n\nA. Any manufacturer&#8217;s exclusion or limitation of the implied warranties or\nconsumer remedies prescribed by this chapter shall be deemed void.\n\nB. Any purported waiver of rights to legal action or arbitration by a consumer\nwithin an assistive device purchase agreement shall be deemed void.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, cc. 67, 242.","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"}}