Virginia § 59.1-207.16 - Action to be brought within certain time
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 59.1-207.16 — Action to be brought within certain time, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 59.1-207.16. Action to be brought within certain time
Any action brought under this chapter shall be commenced within the lemon law rights period. However, any consumer whose good faith attempts to settle the dispute pursuant to the informal dispute settlement provisions of § 59.1-207.15 have not resulted in the satisfactory resolution of the matter shall have (i) 12 months from the date of the final action taken by the manufacturer in its dispute settlement procedure, if such procedure was resorted to within the lemon law rights period, or (ii) the original lemon law rights period, whichever is longer, to file an action in the proper court.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 59.1-207.16 ("Action to be brought within certain time") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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