Part III. Marketing and Advertising
18VAC48-45-80. Time-share marketing activities.
A. Time-share marketing activities shall include every contact by or on behalf of the developer for the purpose of promoting disposition of a time-share or alternative purchase. Such contacts may be personal, by telephone, by mail, by electronic means including social media, or by advertisement. A promise, assertion, representation, or statement of fact or opinion made in connection with a time-share marketing activity may be oral, written, electronic, or graphic.
B. No time-share marketing activity shall be deemed an offer unless, by its express terms, it induces, solicits, or encourages a prospective purchaser to (i) execute a contract of sale of the time-share or alternative purchase or (ii) perform some other act that would create or purport to create a legal or equitable interest in the time-share until the board has issued an order of registration.
Statutory Authority
§§ 54.1-2349 and 55.1-2247 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 10, eff. March 1, 2016.
18VAC48-45-90. Offering of gifts or prizes.
A. Any offering that includes a gift or prize shall include the disclosures contained in § 55.1-2218 of the Code of Virginia. Such disclosures shall be made with the same prominence as the offer.
B. The board may at any time require a developer to alter or amend any offering that includes a gift or prize in order to ensure compliance with this section.
Statutory Authority
§§ 54.1-2349 and 55.1-2247 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 10, eff. March 1, 2016; amended, Virginia Register Volume 36, Issue 6, eff. December 30, 2019.