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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>362951</law_id><section_number>38.2-6400</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="88" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="38" identifier="64">Guaranteed Asset Protection Waivers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires another meaning:<br/><br/>		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Administrator</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">person</span>, other than an <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> or <span class="dictionary">creditor</span>, that performs administrative or operational functions pursuant to a <span class="dictionary">guaranteed asset protection waiver</span> program.<br/><br/>		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Borrower</span>&#x201D; means a debtor, <span class="dictionary">retail buyer</span>, or lessee, under a <span class="dictionary">finance agreement</span>.<br/><br/>		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Commercial transaction</span>&#x201D; means a transaction entered into primarily for a purpose other than personal, family, or household purposes.<br/><br/>		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Creditor</span>&#x201D; means:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The lender in a loan or credit transaction; <a id="paragraph-1352304" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-6400/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The lessor in a lease transaction; <a id="paragraph-1352305" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-6400/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The seller in a commercial retail installment transaction; or <a id="paragraph-1352306" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-6400/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The assignees of any <span class="dictionary">person</span> described in subdivision 1, 2, or 3 to whom the credit obligation is payable.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Finance agreement</span>&#x201D; means (i) a loan secured by a <span class="dictionary">lien</span> on a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> or (ii) a lease or retail installment sales <span class="dictionary">contract</span> for the lease or purchase of a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span>.<br/><br/>			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Free look period</span>&#x201D; means the period of time from the effective date of the <span class="dictionary">guaranteed asset protection waiver</span> until the date the <span class="dictionary">borrower</span> may cancel the <span class="dictionary">borrower</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">finance agreement</span> without <span class="dictionary">penalty</span>, fees, or costs to the <span class="dictionary">borrower</span>. This period of time shall not be shorter than 30 days.<br/><br/>			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Guaranteed asset protection waiver</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">GAP waiver</span>&#x201D; means a contractual agreement wherein a <span class="dictionary">creditor</span> agrees for a separate charge to cancel or <span class="dictionary">waive</span> all or part of amounts due on a <span class="dictionary">borrower</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">finance agreement</span> in the event of a total physical damage loss or unrecovered theft of a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span>, which agreement is part of, or a separate <span class="dictionary">addendum</span> to, the <span class="dictionary">finance agreement</span>.<br/><br/>			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Insurer</span>&#x201D; means an <span class="dictionary">insurance company</span> licensed, registered, or otherwise authorized to do business under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth.<br/><br/>			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Motor vehicle</span>&#x201D; means any self-propelled or towed vehicle designed for personal or commercial use, including any automobile, truck, motorcycle, off-road vehicle, all-terrain vehicle, recreational vehicle, snowmobile, camper, boat, personal watercraft, and motorcycle, boat, camper, or personal watercraft trailer.<br/><br/>			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Retail buyer</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">person</span> who buys <span class="dictionary">motor vehicles</span> not principally for the purpose of resale.<br/><br/>			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Retail seller</span>&#x201D; means <span class="dictionary">person</span> that is regularly engaged in the selling of <span class="dictionary">motor vehicles</span> to <span class="dictionary">retail buyers</span> and that holds any necessary license to sell a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> to a <span class="dictionary">retail buyer</span>. <a id="paragraph-1352307" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-6400/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2019, cc. 799, 800.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
