59.1-335.9 - Breach; null and void contract. - Virginia Statutes

§ 59.1-335.9. Breach; null and void contract.

A. Any breach by a credit services business of a contract under this chapter,or of any obligation arising under it, shall constitute a violation of thischapter.

B. Any contract for services from a credit services business that does notcomply with the applicable provisions of this chapter shall be void andunenforceable as contrary to the public policy of this Commonwealth.

C. Any waiver by a consumer of any of the provisions of this chapter shall bedeemed void and unenforceable by a credit services business as contrary topublic policy of this Commonwealth, and any attempt by a credit servicesbusiness to have a consumer waive rights given by this chapter shallconstitute a violation of this chapter.

D. In any proceeding involving this chapter the burden of proving anexemption or an exception from a definition is upon the person claiming it.

(1989, cc. 651, 655.)