2006 Code of Virginia § 55-248.6:1 - Application fees

55-248.6:1. Application fees.

Any landlord may require an application fee. If the applicant fails to rentthe unit applied for and the application fee exceeds $32, the landlord shallrefund to the applicant within 20 days after the applicant's failure to rentthe unit or the landlord's rejection of the application all sums in excess ofthe landlord's actual expenses and damages together with an itemized list ofsaid expenses and damages. If, however, the application fee or deposit wasmade by cash, certified check, cashier's check, or postal money order, suchrefund shall be made within 10 days of the applicant's failure to rent theunit if the failure to rent is due to the landlord's rejection of theapplication. If the landlord fails to comply with this section, the applicantmay recover as damages suffered by him that portion of the fee wrongfullywithheld and reasonable attorney's fees.

(1977, c. 427; 1985, c. 208; 1993, c. 382; 2000, c. 760; 2003, c. 416.)