{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/13.1-573.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/13.1-573.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/13.1-573.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/13.1-573.html"}],"law_id":346714,"edition_id":2,"section_id":346714,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-573","catch_line":"Certain records of Commission available to public; admissibility of copies; destruction","history":"1972, c. 561.","full_text":"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. Copies thereof certified by the clerk under the seal of the Commission shall be admissible in evidence in lieu of the originals, and the originals shall not be removed from the office of the Commission. However, papers, documents and files may be destroyed by the Commission when, in its opinion, they no longer serve any useful purpose.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1292843,"text":"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. Copies thereof certified by the clerk under the seal of the Commission shall be admissible in evidence in lieu of the originals, and the originals shall not be removed from the office of the Commission. However, papers, documents and files may be destroyed by the Commission when, in its opinion, they no longer serve any useful purpose.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":49779,"edition_id":2,"name":"Retail Franchising Act","identifier":"8","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":11,"parent_id":49726,"metadata":{"child_laws":20,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:14:52","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:29:08","permalink":{"id":1377083,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":49779,"identifier":"8","token":"13.1\/8","url":"\/13.1\/8\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":49726,"edition_id":2,"name":"Corporations","identifier":"13.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":44,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":894,"child_structures":104},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:14:01","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:29:04","permalink":{"id":1374495,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":49726,"identifier":"13.1","token":"13.1","url":"\/13.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":346696,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-557","catch_line":"Short title","url":"\/13.1-557\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-557","metadata":false},{"id":346697,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-558","catch_line":"Policy of the Commonwealth","url":"\/13.1-558\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-558","metadata":false},{"id":346698,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-559","catch_line":"Definitions; applicability of chapter","url":"\/13.1-559\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-559","metadata":false},{"id":346699,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-560","catch_line":"Registration required","url":"\/13.1-560\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-560","metadata":false},{"id":346701,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-561","catch_line":"Procedure for registration; bond; renewal; fee","url":"\/13.1-561\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-561","metadata":false},{"id":346700,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-561.1","catch_line":"Fees to cover expense of regulation","url":"\/13.1-561.1\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-561.1","metadata":false},{"id":346702,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-562","catch_line":"Revocation of or refusal to renew registration","url":"\/13.1-562\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-562","metadata":{"court_decisions":""}},{"id":346703,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-563","catch_line":"Unlawful offers","url":"\/13.1-563\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-563","metadata":false},{"id":346704,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-564","catch_line":"Unlawful cancellation of franchise; undue influence","url":"\/13.1-564\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-564","metadata":false},{"id":346705,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-565","catch_line":"Voidable franchises","url":"\/13.1-565\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-565","metadata":false},{"id":346706,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-566","catch_line":"Service of process on nonresident franchisor","url":"\/13.1-566\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-566","metadata":false},{"id":346707,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-567","catch_line":"Investigations; confidentiality of information and documents","url":"\/13.1-567\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-567","metadata":false},{"id":346708,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-568","catch_line":"Injunctions","url":"\/13.1-568\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-568","metadata":{"court_decisions":""}},{"id":346710,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-569","catch_line":"Crimes","url":"\/13.1-569\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-569","metadata":false},{"id":346709,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-569.1","catch_line":"Commission may transmit record or complaint to locality where violation occurred","url":"\/13.1-569.1\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-569.1","metadata":false},{"id":346711,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-570","catch_line":"Violations punishable by Commission","url":"\/13.1-570\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-570","metadata":false},{"id":346712,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-571","catch_line":"Civil remedies","url":"\/13.1-571\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-571","metadata":false},{"id":346713,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-572","catch_line":"Rules and forms","url":"\/13.1-572\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-572","metadata":false},{"id":346714,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-573","catch_line":"Certain records of Commission available to public; admissibility of copies; destruction","url":"\/13.1-573\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-573","metadata":false},{"id":346715,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-574","catch_line":"Effective date","url":"\/13.1-574\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-574","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":346713,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-572","catch_line":"Rules and forms","url":"\/13.1-572\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-572","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":346715,"structure_id":49779,"section_number":"13.1-574","catch_line":"Effective date","url":"\/13.1-574\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-574","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/13.1-573\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 561 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1377157,"object_type":"law","relational_id":346714,"identifier":"13.1-573","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-573","url":"\/13.1-573\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-573\/","token":"13.1\/8\/13.1-573","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certain records of Commission available to public; admissibility of copies; destruction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-573","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>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. Copies thereof certified by the clerk under the seal of the Commission shall be <span class=\"dictionary\">admissible<\/span> in <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> in lieu of the originals, and the originals shall not be removed from the office of the Commission. However, papers, documents and files may be destroyed by the Commission when, in its <span class=\"dictionary\">opinion<\/span>, they no longer serve any useful purpose.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTAIN RECORDS OF COMMISSION AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC; ADMISSIBILITY OF COPIES;\nDESTRUCTION (\u00a7 13.1-573)\n\nThe information contained in or filed with any registration statement,\napplication or report shall be available to the public at the office of the\nCommission. Copies thereof certified by the clerk under the seal of the\nCommission shall be admissible in evidence in lieu of the originals, and the\noriginals shall not be removed from the office of the Commission. However,\npapers, documents and files may be destroyed by the Commission when, in its\nopinion, they no longer serve any useful purpose.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 561.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}