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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>346715</law_id><section_number>13.1-574</section_number><catch_line>Effective date</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="44" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="11" identifier="8">Retail Franchising Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The provisions of this chapter shall apply to grants and offers to grant franchises on and after July 1, 1972.</p></section></text><history>1972, c. 561.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
