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This law was first created in 1964. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 219 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 1964 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2024, chapter 652<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1508983,"object_type":"law","relational_id":377915,"identifier":"8.2-205","token":"8.2\/2\/8.2-205","url":"\/8.2-205\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.2-205\/","token":"8.2\/2\/8.2-205","dublin_core":{"Title":"Firm offers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.2-205","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

An offer by a merchant to buy or sell goods in a signed record which by its terms gives assurance that it will be held open is not revocable, for lack of consideration, during the time stated or if no time is stated for a reasonable time, but in no event may such period of irrevocability exceed three months; but any such term of assurance on a form supplied by the offeree must be separately signed by the offeror.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFIRM OFFERS (\u00a7 8.2-205)\n\nAn offer by a merchant to buy or sell goods in a signed record which by its\nterms gives assurance that it will be held open is not revocable, for lack of\nconsideration, during the time stated or if no time is stated for a reasonable\ntime, but in no event may such period of irrevocability exceed three months; but\nany such term of assurance on a form supplied by the offeree must be separately\nsigned by the offeror.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 219; 2024, c. 652.","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"}}