Virginia Code 55.1-2226: Buyer’s Acknowledgment.
A. Prior to the execution of a purchase contract, a purchaser shall be given a separate written document, titled “Buyer’s Acknowledgment,” to be signed by the purchaser and a representative of the developer other than the salesperson for the transaction.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 55.1-2226
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Developer: means any person or group of persons acting in concert that (i) offers to dispose of a time-share or its interest in a time-share unit for which there has not been a previous disposition or (ii) applies for registration of the time-share program. See Virginia Code 55.1-2200
- program: means any arrangement of time-shares in one or more time-share projects by which the use, occupancy, or possession of real property has been made subject to either a time-share estate or time-share use in which such use, occupancy, or possession circulates among owners of the time-shares according to a fixed or floating time schedule on a periodic basis occurring over any period of time in excess of five years. See Virginia Code 55.1-2200
- project: means all of the real property subject to a time-share program created by the execution of a time-share instrument. See Virginia Code 55.1-2200
- Purchaser: means any person other than a developer or lender that owns or acquires a product or that otherwise enters into a contract for the purchase of a product. See Virginia Code 55.1-2200
- Time-share: means either a time-share estate or a time-share use plus its incidental benefits. See Virginia Code 55.1-2200
B. The Buyer’s Acknowledgment shall contain the following:
1. The name and address of the developer;
2. The name and address of the time-share project;
3. Whether the developer currently offers a resale or rental program or a buy-back program; and
4. The following statement in at least 10-point boldface type:
“There is no assurance that a purchaser may resell a time-share for a certain price or on particular terms. By signing below, purchaser acknowledges that this purchase is (i) for personal use and enjoyment and not for commercial or investment purposes and (ii) not being made based upon any representation that the time-share has any future market value or resale potential.”