§ 3.1-796.81. (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Written notice of consumer remedies required to be supplied b...
A pet dealer shall give the notice hereinafter set forth in writing to a consumer prior to the delivery of a dog or cat. Such notice shall be embodied in either a written contract, the pet dealer's animal history certificate or a separate document and shall state in ten point bold face type the following:
NOTICE
The sale of certain dogs and cats described as being registered or capable of being registered with any animal pedigree organization is subject to the provisions of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (§ 59.1-196 et seq.). In the event that a licensed veterinarian certifies your animal to be unfit for purchase within ten days following receipt of your animal, you may choose: (i) to return your animal and receive a refund of the purchase price, or (ii) to return the animal and receive an exchange animal of your choice of equivalent value.
In order to exercise these rights you must present a written veterinary certification that the animal is unfit to the pet dealer within three business days after receiving such certification.
If the pet dealer has promised to register your animal or to provide the papers necessary therefor and fails to do so within 120 days following the date of contract, you are entitled to return the animal and receive a refund of the purchase price or to retain the animal and receive a refund of an amount not to exceed fifty percent of the purchase price.
(1984, c. 492, § 29-213.51; 1987, c. 488.)
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