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2019 Code of Virginia
Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances
Chapter 12 - Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 55.1-1200. (Effective October 1, 2019) Definitions
- § 55.1-1201. (Effective October 1, 2019) Applicability of chapter; local authority
- § 55.1-1202. (Effective October 1, 2019) Notice
- § 55.1-1203. (Effective October 1, 2019) Application deposit and application fee
- § 55.1-1204. (Effective October 1, 2019) Terms and conditions of rental agreement; payment of rent; copy of rental agreement for tenant
- § 55.1-1205. (Effective October 1, 2019) Prepaid rent; maintenance of escrow account
- § 55.1-1206. (Effective October 1, 2019) Landlord may obtain certain insurance for tenant
- § 55.1-1207. (Effective October 1, 2019) Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement
- § 55.1-1208. (Effective October 1, 2019) Prohibited provisions in rental agreements
- § 55.1-1209. (Effective October 1, 2019) Confidentiality of tenant records
- § 55.1-1210. (Effective October 1, 2019) Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access
- § 55.1-1211. (Effective October 1, 2019) Appointment of resident agent by nonresident property owner; service of process, etc., on such agent or on Secretary of the Commonwealth
- § 55.1-1212. (Effective October 1, 2019) Energy submetering, energy allocation equipment, sewer and water submetering equipment, and ratio utility billing systems; local government fees
- § 55.1-1213. (Effective October 1, 2019) Transfer of deposits upon purchase
Article 2. Landlord Obligations
- § 55.1-1214. (Effective October 1, 2019) Inspection of dwelling unit; report
- § 55.1-1215. (Effective October 1, 2019) Disclosure of mold in dwelling units
- § 55.1-1216. (Effective October 1, 2019) Disclosure of sale of premises
- § 55.1-1217. (Effective October 1, 2019) Required disclosures for properties located adjacent to a military air installation; remedy for nondisclosure
- § 55.1-1218. (Effective October 1, 2019) Required disclosures for properties with defective drywall; remedy for nondisclosure
- § 55.1-1219. (Effective October 1, 2019) Required disclosures for property previously used to manufacture methamphetamine; remedy for nondisclosure
- § 55.1-1220. (Effective October 1, 2019) Landlord to maintain fit premises
- § 55.1-1221. (Effective October 1, 2019) Landlord to provide locks and peepholes
- § 55.1-1222. (Effective October 1, 2019) Access of tenant to cable, satellite, and other television facilities
- § 55.1-1223. (Effective October 1, 2019) Notice to tenants for insecticide or pesticide use
- § 55.1-1224. (Effective October 1, 2019) Limitation of liability
- § 55.1-1225. (Effective October 1, 2019) Tenancy at will; effect of notice of change of terms or provisions of tenancy
- § 55.1-1226. (Effective October 1, 2019) Security deposits
Article 3. Tenant Obligations
- § 55.1-1227. (Effective October 1, 2019) Tenant to maintain dwelling unit
- § 55.1-1228. (Effective October 1, 2019) Rules and regulations
- § 55.1-1229. (Effective October 1, 2019) Access; consent; correction of nonemergency conditions; relocation of tenant; security systems
- § 55.1-1230. (Effective October 1, 2019) Access following entry of certain court orders
- § 55.1-1231. (Effective October 1, 2019) Relocation of tenant where mold remediation needs to be performed in the dwelling unit
- § 55.1-1232. (Effective October 1, 2019) Use and occupancy by tenant
- § 55.1-1233. (Effective October 1, 2019) Tenant to surrender possession of dwelling unit
Article 4. Tenant Remedies
- § 55.1-1234. (Effective October 1, 2019) Noncompliance by landlord
- § 55.1-1235. (Effective October 1, 2019) Early termination of rental agreement by military personnel
- § 55.1-1236. (Effective October 1, 2019) Early termination of rental agreements by victims of family abuse, sexual abuse, or criminal sexual assault
- § 55.1-1237. (Effective October 1, 2019) Notice to tenant in event of foreclosure
- § 55.1-1238. (Effective October 1, 2019) Failure to deliver possession
- § 55.1-1239. (Effective October 1, 2019) Wrongful failure to supply an essential service
- § 55.1-1240. (Effective October 1, 2019) Fire or casualty damage
- § 55.1-1241. (Effective October 1, 2019) Landlord's noncompliance as defense to action for possession for nonpayment of rent
- § 55.1-1242. (Effective October 1, 2019) Rent escrow required for continuance of tenant's case
- § 55.1-1243. (Effective October 1, 2019) Tenant's remedies for landlord's unlawful ouster, exclusion, or diminution of service
- § 55.1-1244. (Effective October 1, 2019) Tenant's assertion; rent escrow
Article 5. Landlord Remedies
- § 55.1-1245. (Effective October 1, 2019) Noncompliance with rental agreement; monetary penalty
- § 55.1-1246. (Effective October 1, 2019) Barring guest or invitee of a tenant
- § 55.1-1247. (Effective October 1, 2019) Sheriffs authorized to serve certain notices; fee for service
- § 55.1-1248. (Effective October 1, 2019) Remedy by repair, etc.; emergencies
- § 55.1-1249. (Effective October 1, 2019) Remedies for absence, nonuse, and abandonment
- § 55.1-1250. (Effective October 1, 2019) Landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation
- § 55.1-1251. (Effective October 1, 2019) Remedy after termination
- § 55.1-1252. (Effective October 1, 2019) Recovery of possession limited
- § 55.1-1253. (Effective October 1, 2019) Periodic tenancy; holdover remedies
- § 55.1-1254. (Effective October 1, 2019) Disposal of property abandoned by tenants
- § 55.1-1255. (Effective October 1, 2019) Authority of sheriffs to store and sell personal property removed from residential premises; recovery of possession by owner; disposition or sale
- § 55.1-1256. (Effective October 1, 2019) Disposal of property of deceased tenants
- § 55.1-1257. (Effective October 1, 2019) Who may recover rent or possession
Article 6. Retaliatory Action
- § 55.1-1258. (Effective October 1, 2019) Retaliatory conduct prohibited
- § 55.1-1259. (Effective October 1, 2019) Actions to enforce chapter
Article 7. Eviction Diversion Pilot Program
- § 55.1-1260. (Effective July 1, 2020; Expires July 1, 2023) Establishment of Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; purpose; goals
- § 55.1-1261. (Effective July 1, 2020; Expires July 1, 2023) Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; administration
- § 55.1-1262. (Effective July 1, 2020; Expires July 1, 2023) Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; process; court-ordered payment plan
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