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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>350509</law_id><section_number>18.2-243</section_number><catch_line>When issuer or distributor of advertisements not guilty of violation; inadvertent error</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="52" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="6" identifier="6">Crimes Involving Fraud</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="9" identifier="8">Misrepresentations and Other Offenses Connected With Sales</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A person, firm, corporation or association who or which, for compensation, <span class="dictionary">issues</span> or distributes any advertisement or offer, written, printed, oral or otherwise, in reliance upon the copy or information supplied him by the advertiser or offeror, shall not be deemed to have violated the provisions of this article, nor shall an inadvertent error on the part of any such person, firm, corporation or association be deemed a violation of such provisions.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 59.1-51; 1968, c. 439; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
