Code of Virginia - Title 13.1 Corporations - Chapter 8 Retail Franchising Act

13.1-557 Short title
This chapter shall be known as the "Retail Franchising Act." (1972, c. 561.) ...

13.1-558 Policy of the Commonwealth
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Commonwealth, through the exercise by the General Assembly of its power to regulate commerce partly ...

13.1-559 Definitions; applicability of chapter
A. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: "Commission" means the State Corporation Commission. "Controlling person" means a natural person who is ...

13.1-560 Registration required
It shall be unlawful for any person to grant or offer to grant a franchise in this Commonwealth unless the franchise is registered under the ...

13.1-561 Procedure for registration; bond; renewal; fee
A. A franchise may be registered after filing with the Commission an application containing such relevant information as the Commission may require. The franchise shall ...

13.1-561.1 Fees to cover expense of regulation
The fees paid into the state treasury under this chapter, except for fees and funds collected for the Literary Fund, shall be deposited into a ...

13.1-562 Revocation of or refusal to renew registration
A. The Commission may, by order entered after a hearing on notice duly served on the defendant not less than thirty days before the date ...

13.1-563 Unlawful offers
It shall be unlawful for any person, in connection with the grant or offer to grant a franchise in this Commonwealth, directly or indirectly: (a) ...

13.1-564 Unlawful cancellation of franchise; undue influence
It shall be unlawful for a franchisor to cancel a franchise without reasonable cause or to use undue influence to induce a franchisee to surrender ...

13.1-565 Voidable franchises
Any franchise may be declared void by the franchisee at his option by sending a written declaration of that fact and the reasons therefor to ...

13.1-566 Service of process on nonresident franchisor
Every nonresident franchisor who has a franchise registered hereunder and which is not a corporation complying with § 13.1-759 or § 13.1-767 shall appoint in ...

13.1-567 Investigations; confidentiality of information and documents
The Commission may make such investigations within or outside of this Commonwealth as it deems necessary to determine whether any person has violated the provisions ...

13.1-568 Injunctions
The Commission shall have all the power and authority of a court of record as provided in Article IX, Section 3 of the Constitution of ...

13.1-569 Crimes
A. Any person who shall knowingly and willfully make, or cause to be made, any false statement in any book of account or other paper ...

13.1-569.1 Commission may transmit record or complaint to locality where violation occurred
The Commission may transmit the record of any proceeding or complaint involving any violation of this chapter to the attorney for the Commonwealth in the ...

13.1-570 Violations punishable by Commission
The Commission may, by judgment entered after a hearing on thirty days' notice to the defendant, if it be proved that the defendant has knowingly ...

13.1-571 Civil remedies
(a) Any franchisee who has declared the franchise void under § 13.1-565 or who has suffered damages by reason of any violation of § 13.1-564 ...

13.1-572 Rules and forms
A. The Commission shall have authority from time to time to make, amend and rescind such rules and forms as may be necessary to carry ...

13.1-573 Certain records of Commission available to public; admissibility of copies; destruction
The information contained in or filed with any registration statement, application or report shall be available to the public at the office of the Commission. ...

13.1-574 Effective date
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to grants and offers to grant franchises on and after July 1, 1972. (1972, c. 561.) ...