Code of Virginia
Title 55.1. Property and Conveyances
Title 55.1. Property and Conveyances
9/11/2026
Title 55.1. Property and Conveyances (2026 Updates)
- Subtitle I. Property Conveyances
- Chapter 3. Form and Effect of Deeds and Covenants; Liens
- Article 1. Form and Effect of Deeds; Easements
- § 55.1-304
- Relocation or modification of easement
- § 55.1-304.1
- Repairs or maintenance of property; entering adjoining property; petition for entry
- § 55.1-305.1
- Owner of servient estate; reasonable rules of use for easement
- Subtitle II. Real Estate Settlements and Recordation
- Chapter 7. Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act
- § 55.1-703
- (Effective until January 1, 2027) Required disclosures for buyer to beware; buyer to exercise necessary due diligence
- Chapter 9. Real Estate Settlements
- § 55.1-903
- Duty of settlement agent
- Chapter 10. Real Estate Settlement Agents
- § 55.1-1008.1
- (Effective January 1, 2027) Requirements when providing escrow, closing, or settlement services for real estate in land-use program; civil penalty
- Subtitle III. Rental Conveyances
- Chapter 12. Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
- Article 1. General Provisions
- § 55.1-1200
- Definitions
- § 55.1-1202
- (Effective until July 1, 2027) Notice
- § 55.1-1203
- (Effective until July 1, 2027) Application; deposit, fee, and additional information
- § 55.1-1204
- (Effective until July 1, 2027) Terms and conditions of rental agreement; payment of rent; copy of rental agreement for tenant
- § 55.1-1208
- Prohibited provisions in rental agreements
- § 55.1-1209
- (Effective until July 1, 2027) Confidentiality of tenant records
- § 55.1-1212
- (Effective until July 1, 2027) Energy submetering, energy allocation equipment, sewer and water submetering equipment, and ratio utility billing systems; local government fees
- § 55.1-1212.1
- (Effective January 1, 2027) Installation of small portable solar generation devices
- Article 4. Tenant Remedies
- § 55.1-1235
- Early termination of rental agreement by military personnel
- § 55.1-1240
- (Effective until January 1, 2027) Fire or casualty damage
- § 55.1-1241
- Landlord's noncompliance as defense to action for possession for nonpayment of rent
- § 55.1-1244
- (Effective January 1, 2027) Tenant's assertion; rent escrow
- Article 5. Landlord Remedies
- § 55.1-1245
- (Effective until July 1, 2027) Noncompliance with rental agreement; monetary penalty
- Article 6. Retaliatory Action
- § 55.1-1258
- (Effective January 1, 2027) Retaliatory conduct prohibited
- § 55.1-1259
- Actions to enforce chapter
- Article 7. Eviction Diversion Program
- § 55.1-1262
- Eviction Diversion Program; process; court-ordered payment plan
- Chapter 13. Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act
- § 55.1-1300
- Definitions
- § 55.1-1301
- Written rental agreement required
- § 55.1-1302
- Term of rental agreement; fee disclosure statement; renewal; security deposits
- § 55.1-1303
- Landlord's obligations
- § 55.1-1308
- Termination of tenancy
- § 55.1-1308.2
- Repealed
- § 55.1-1308.3
- Right of first refusal for resident entities and localities
- § 55.1-1308.4
- Opportunity to purchase for resident entities
- § 55.1-1308.5
- Affidavit of compliance with notice requirements
- § 55.1-1314
- (Effective until January 1, 2027) Retaliatory conduct prohibited
- § 55.1-1320
- Lot rent increase prohibition based on notice of violation from locality
- Subtitle V. Miscellaneous
- Chapter 25. Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act
- Article 1. Definitions; Property Abandoned or Assumed Abandoned
- § 55.1-2500
- Definitions
- § 55.1-2514.1
- Intangible property held within a digital asset account
- Article 3. Procedural and Administrative Matters
- § 55.1-2529
- Sale of abandoned property by administrator
- Chapter 29. Virginia Self-Service Storage Act
- § 55.1-2900
- Definitions
- § 55.1-2903.1
- Disposal of property abandoned after termination or nonrenewal of rental agreement