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2015 Code of Virginia
Title 55 - Property and Conveyances
§ 55-248.36. Recovery of possession limited
VA Code § 55-248.36 (2015) What's This?
A landlord may not recover or take possession of the dwelling unit (i) by willful diminution of services to the tenant by interrupting or causing the interruption of electric, gas, water or other essential service required by the rental agreement or (ii) by refusal to permit the tenant access to the unit unless such refusal is pursuant to a court order for possession.
1974, c. 680; 1978, c. 520.
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