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Code of Virginia
Title 55.1. Property and Conveyances
9/25/2021

Title 55.1. Property and Conveyances (2021 Updates)

  • Subtitle I. Property Conveyances
  • Chapter 3. Form and Effect of Deeds and Covenants; Liens
    • Article 2. Form and Effect of Deeds of Trust; Sales Thereunder; Assignments; Releases
      • § 55.1-318.1
      Effect of amendment to loan document on deed of trust
      § 55.1-319
      Priority of residential refinance mortgage over subordinate mortgage
      § 55.1-320
      How deed of trust construed; duties, rights, etc., of parties
      § 55.1-321
      Notices required before sale by trustee to owners, lienors, etc.; if note lost
      § 55.1-339
      (Effective until January 1, 2022) Release of deed of trust or other lien
      § 55.1-339
      (Effective January 1, 2022) Release of deed of trust or other lien
  • Subtitle II. Real Estate Settlements and Recordation
  • Chapter 6. Recordation of Documents
    • Article 1. General Provisions
      • § 55.1-606
      Standards for writings to be docketed or recorded
  • Chapter 7. Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act
    • § 55.1-703
      (Effective until January 1, 2022) Required disclosures for buyer to beware; buyer to exercise necessary due diligence
      § 55.1-703
      (Effective January 1, 2022) Required disclosures for buyer to beware; buyer to exercise necessary due diligence
      § 55.1-708.2
      (Effective January 1, 2022) Required disclosures pertaining to repetitive loss
  • Chapter 10. Real Estate Settlement Agents
    • § 55.1-1004
      Duties of settlement agents
      § 55.1-1014
      Settlement agent registration requirements and compliance with unauthorized practice of law guidelines; civil penalty
  • Subtitle III. Rental Conveyances
  • Chapter 12. Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
    • Article 1. General Provisions
      • § 55.1-1200
      Definitions
      § 55.1-1204
      Terms and conditions of rental agreement; payment of rent; copy of rental agreement for tenant
      § 55.1-1206
      Landlord may obtain certain insurance for tenant
      § 55.1-1208
      Prohibited provisions in rental agreements
      § 55.1-1211
      Appointment of resident agent by nonresident property owner; service of process, etc., on such agent or on Secretary of the Commonwealth
    • Article 2. Landlord Obligations
      • § 55.1-1226
      Security deposits
    • Article 3. Tenant Obligations
      • § 55.1-1229
      Access; consent; correction of nonemergency conditions; relocation of tenant; security systems
    • Article 4. Tenant Remedies
      • § 55.1-1237
      Notice to tenant in event of foreclosure
      § 55.1-1243.1
      Tenant's remedies for exclusion from dwelling unit, interruption of services, or actions taken to make premises unsafe
    • Article 5. Landlord Remedies
      • § 55.1-1245
      (Effective until July 1, 2022) Noncompliance with rental agreement; monetary penalty
      § 55.1-1245
      (Effective from July 1, 2022, 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
      § 55.1-1250
      Landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation; tenant's right of redemption
  • Chapter 13. Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act
  • Subtitle IV. Common Interest Communities
  • Chapter 18. Property Owners' Association Act
    • Article 3. Operation and Management of Association
      • § 55.1-1815
      Access to association records; association meetings; notice
      § 55.1-1816
      Meetings of the board of directors
      § 55.1-1819
      Adoption and enforcement of rules
      § 55.1-1819.1
      Limitation of smoking in development
      § 55.1-1820.1
      (Effective October 1, 2021) Installation of solar energy collection devices
      § 55.1-1832
      Use of technology
      § 55.1-1833
      (Effective until January 1, 2022) Lien for assessments
      § 55.1-1833
      (Effective January 1, 2022) Lien for assessments
  • Chapter 19. Virginia Condominium Act
    • Article 2. Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Condominiums
      • § 55.1-1935
      Use of technology
    • Article 3. Management of Condominium
      • § 55.1-1949
      Meetings of unit owners' association and executive board
      § 55.1-1951.1
      (Effective October 1, 2021) Installation of solar energy collection devices
      § 55.1-1952
      Meetings of unit owners' association and executive board; quorums
      § 55.1-1953
      Meetings of unit owners' association and executive board; voting by unit owners; proxies
      § 55.1-1959
      Suspension of services for failure to pay assessments; corrective action; assessment of charges for violations; notice; hearing; adoption and enforcement of rules and regulations
      § 55.1-1960.1
      Limitation of smoking in condominium
      § 55.1-1966
      (Effective until January 1, 2022) Lien for assessments
      § 55.1-1966
      (Effective January 1, 2022) Lien for assessments
  • Chapter 21. Virginia Real Estate Cooperative Act
    • Article 3. Management of Cooperatives
      • § 55.1-2133.1
      (Effective October 1, 2021) Installation of solar energy collection devices
  • Chapter 22. Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act
    • Article 2. Creation, Termination, and Management
      • § 55.1-2211
      (Effective until January 1, 2022) Time-share estate owners' association control liens
      § 55.1-2211
      (Effective January 1, 2022) Time-share estate owners' association control liens