Chapter 12. Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant ActRead Chapter
- Article 1. General ProvisionsRead all
- § 55.1-1200
- Definitions
- § 55.1-1201
- Applicability of chapter; local authority
- § 55.1-1202
- Notice
- § 55.1-1203
- Application; deposit, fee, and additional information
- § 55.1-1204
- Terms and conditions of rental agreement; payment of rent; copy of rental agreement for tenant
- § 55.1-1204.1
- Fee disclosure statement
- § 55.1-1205
- Prepaid rent; maintenance of escrow account
- § 55.1-1206
- Landlord may obtain certain insurance for tenant
- § 55.1-1207
- Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement
- § 55.1-1208
- Prohibited provisions in rental agreements
- § 55.1-1208.1
- Rental agreements; child care
- § 55.1-1209
- Confidentiality of tenant records
- § 55.1-1209.1
- Employees of the landlord; rental dwelling unit keys and electronic key codes; policies and procedures
- § 55.1-1210
- Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access
- § 55.1-1211
- Appointment of resident agent by nonresident property owner; service of process, etc., on such agent or on Secretary of the Commonwealth
- § 55.1-1212
- Energy submetering, energy allocation equipment, sewer and water submetering equipment, and ratio utility billing systems; local government fees
- § 55.1-1213
- Transfer of deposits upon purchase
- Article 2. Landlord ObligationsRead all
- § 55.1-1214
- Inspection of dwelling unit; report
- § 55.1-1215
- Disclosure of mold in dwelling units
- § 55.1-1216
- Disclosure of sale of premises
- § 55.1-1217
- Required disclosures for properties located adjacent to a military air installation; remedy for nondisclosure
- § 55.1-1218
- Required disclosures for properties with defective drywall; remedy for nondisclosure
- § 55.1-1219
- Required disclosures for property previously used to manufacture methamphetamine; remedy for nondisclosure
- § 55.1-1220
- Landlord to maintain fit premises
- § 55.1-1221
- Landlord to provide locks and peepholes
- § 55.1-1222
- Access of tenant to cable, satellite, and other television facilities
- § 55.1-1223
- Notice to tenants for insecticide or pesticide use
- § 55.1-1224
- Limitation of liability
- § 55.1-1225
- Tenancy at will; effect of notice of change of terms or provisions of tenancy
- § 55.1-1226
- Security deposits
- Article 3. Tenant ObligationsRead all
- § 55.1-1227
- Tenant to maintain dwelling unit
- § 55.1-1228
- Rules and regulations
- § 55.1-1229
- Access; consent; correction of nonemergency conditions; relocation of tenant; security systems
- § 55.1-1230
- Access following entry of certain court orders
- § 55.1-1231
- Relocation of tenant where mold remediation needs to be performed in the dwelling unit
- § 55.1-1232
- Use and occupancy by tenant
- § 55.1-1233
- Tenant to surrender possession of dwelling unit
- Article 4. Tenant RemediesRead all
- § 55.1-1234
- Noncompliance by landlord
- § 55.1-1234.1
- Uninhabitable dwelling unit
- § 55.1-1235
- Early termination of rental agreement by military personnel
- § 55.1-1236
- Early termination of rental agreements by victims of family abuse, sexual abuse, or criminal sexual assault
- § 55.1-1237
- Notice to tenant in event of foreclosure
- § 55.1-1238
- Failure to deliver possession
- § 55.1-1239
- Wrongful failure to supply an essential service
- § 55.1-1240
- Fire or casualty damage
- § 55.1-1241
- Landlord's noncompliance as defense to action for possession for nonpayment of rent
- § 55.1-1242
- Rent escrow required for continuance of tenant's case
- § 55.1-1243
- Repealed
- § 55.1-1243.1
- Tenant's remedies for exclusion from dwelling unit, interruption of services, or actions taken to make premises unsafe
- § 55.1-1243.2
- Tenant's remedies for exclusion from dwelling unit due to condemnation
- § 55.1-1244
- Tenant's assertion; rent escrow
- § 55.1-1244.1
- Tenant's remedy by repair
- Article 5. Landlord RemediesRead all
- § 55.1-1245
- (Effective until the later of July 1, 2028 or seven years after the COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency expires) Noncompliance with rental agreement; monetary penalty
- § 55.1-1245
- (Effective the later of July 1, 2028, or 7 years after the COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency expires) Noncompliance with rental agreement; monetary penalty
- § 55.1-1246
- Barring guest or invitee of a tenant
- § 55.1-1247
- Sheriffs authorized to serve certain notices; fee for service
- § 55.1-1248
- Remedy by repair, etc.; emergencies
- § 55.1-1249
- Remedies for absence, nonuse, and abandonment
- § 55.1-1250
- Landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation; tenant's right of redemption
- § 55.1-1251
- Remedy after termination
- § 55.1-1252
- Recovery of possession limited
- § 55.1-1253
- Periodic tenancy; holdover remedies
- § 55.1-1254
- Disposal of property abandoned by tenants
- § 55.1-1255
- Authority of sheriffs to store and sell personal property removed from residential premises; recovery of possession by owner; disposition or sale
- § 55.1-1256
- Disposal of property of deceased tenants
- § 55.1-1257
- Who may recover rent or possession
- Article 6. Retaliatory ActionRead all
- § 55.1-1258
- Retaliatory conduct prohibited
- § 55.1-1259
- Actions to enforce chapter
- Article 7. Eviction Diversion Pilot ProgramRead all
- § 55.1-1260
- (Expires July 1, 2025) Establishment of Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; purpose; goals
- § 55.1-1261
- (Expires July 1, 2025) Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; administration
- § 55.1-1262
- (Expires July 1, 2025) Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; process; court-ordered payment plan
