Virginia Code 59.1-207.22: Prohibited practices
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A lease-purchase agreement may not contain:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 59.1-207.22
- Consumer: means a natural person who rents personal property under a lease-purchase agreement to be used primarily for personal, family or household purposes. See Virginia Code 59.1-207.18
- Lease-purchase agreement: means an agreement for the use of personal property by a natural person primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, for an initial period of four months or less that is automatically renewable with each payment after the initial period, but does not obligate or require the consumer to continue leasing or using the property beyond the initial period, and that permits the consumer to become the owner of the property. See Virginia Code 59.1-207.18
- Lessor: means a person who regularly provides the use of property through lease-purchase agreements and to whom lease payments are initially payable on the face of the lease-purchase agreement. See Virginia Code 59.1-207.18
- Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
1. A confession of judgment;
2. A negotiable instrument;
3. A security interest or any other claim of a property interest in any goods except those goods delivered by the lessor pursuant to the lease-purchase agreement;
4. A wage assignment;
5. A waiver by the consumer of claims or defenses; or
6. A provision authorizing the lessor or a person acting on the lessor’s behalf to enter upon the consumer’s premises or to commit any breach of the peace in the repossession of goods.
1988, c. 24.