2006 Code of Virginia § 55-248.45 - Demands and charges prohibited; access by tenant\'s invitees; purchases by manufactured home owner n...

55-248.45. Demands and charges prohibited; access by tenant's invitees;purchases by manufactured home owner not restricted; exception; conditions ofoccupancy.

A. A landlord shall not demand or collect:

1. An entrance fee for the privilege of leasing or occupying a manufacturedhome lot;

2. A commission on the sale of a manufactured home located in themanufactured home park unless the tenant expressly employs him to perform aservice in connection with such sale but no such employment of the landlordby the tenant shall be a condition or term of the initial sale or rental;

3. A fee for improvements or installations on the interior of a manufacturedhome, unless the tenant expressly employs him to perform a service inconnection with such entrance, installation, improvement or sale;

4. A fee, charge or other thing of value from any provider of cabletelevision service, satellite master antenna television service, directbroadcast satellite television service, subscription television service orservice of any other television programming system in exchange for giving thetenants of such landlord access to such service; and no landlord shall demandor accept any such payment from any tenants in exchange therefor unless thelandlord is himself the provider of the service. Nor shall any landlorddiscriminate in rental charges between tenants who receive any such serviceand those who do not. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit a landlordfrom requiring that the provider of such service and the tenant bear theentire cost of the installation, operation or removal of the facilitiesincident thereto, or prohibit a landlord from demanding or acceptingreasonable indemnity or security for any damages caused by such installation,operation or removal; or

5. An exit fee for moving a manufactured home from a manufactured home park.

B. An invitee of the tenant shall have free access to the tenant'smanufactured home site without charge or registration.

C. A manufactured home owner shall not be restricted in his choice of vendorsfrom whom he may purchase his (i) manufactured home, except in connectionwith the initial leasing or renting of a newly constructed lot not previouslyleased or rented to any other person, or (ii) goods and services. However,nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a landlord from prescribing reasonablerequirements governing, as a condition of occupancy, the style, size orquality of the manufactured home, or other structures placed on themanufactured home lot.

(1975, c. 535; 1987, c. 513; 1989, c. 87; 1992, c. 709.)