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2019 Code of Virginia
Title 55 - Property and Conveyances
Chapter 13.2 - Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 55-248.2. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Short title
- § 55-248.3. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Purposes of chapter
- § 55-248.3:1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Applicability of chapter
- § 55-248.4. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Definitions
- § 55-248.5. Repealed
- § 55-248.6. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Notice
- § 55-248.6:1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Application deposit and application fee
- § 55-248.7. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Terms and conditions of rental agreement; copy for tenant; accounting of rental payments
- § 55-248.7:1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Prepaid rent; maintenance of escrow account
- § 55-248.7:2. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Landlord may obtain certain insurance for tenant
- § 55-248.8. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement
- § 55-248.9. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Prohibited provisions in rental agreements
- § 55-248.9:1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Confidentiality of tenant records
- § 55-248.10. Repealed
- § 55-248.10:1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access
Article 2. Landlord Obligations
- § 55-248.11. Repealed
- § 55-248.11:1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Inspection of premises
- § 55-248.11:2. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Disclosure of mold in dwelling units
- § 55-248.12. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Disclosure
- § 55-248.12:1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Required disclosures for properties located adjacent to a military air installation; remedy for nondisclosure
- § 55-248.12:2. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Required disclosures for properties with defective drywall; remedy for nondisclosure
- § 55-248.12:3. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Required disclosures for property previously used to manufacture methamphetamine; remedy for nondisclosure
- § 55-248.13. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Landlord to maintain fit premises
- § 55-248.13:1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Landlord to provide locks and peepholes
- § 55-248.13:2. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Access of tenant to cable, satellite and other television facilities
- § 55-248.13:3. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Notice to tenants for insecticide or pesticide use
- § 55-248.14. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Limitation of liability
- § 55-248.15. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Tenancy at will; effect of notice of change of terms or provisions of tenancy
- § 55-248.15:1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Security deposits
- § 55-248.15:2. Repealed
Article 3. Tenant Obligations
- § 55-248.16. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Tenant to maintain dwelling unit
- § 55-248.17. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Rules and regulations
- § 55-248.18. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Access; consent; correction of nonemergency conditions; relocation of tenant
- § 55-248.18:1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Access following entry of certain court orders
- § 55-248.18:2. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Relocation of tenant where mold remediation needs to be performed in the dwelling unit
- § 55-248.19. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Use and occupancy by tenant
- § 55-248.20. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Tenant to surrender possession of dwelling unit
Article 4. Tenant Remedies
- § 55-248.21. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Noncompliance by landlord
- § 55-248.21:1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Early termination of rental agreement by military personnel
- § 55-248.21:2. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Early termination of rental agreements by victims of family abuse, sexual abuse, or criminal sexual assault
- § 55-248.21:3. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Notice to tenant in event of foreclosure
- § 55-248.22. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Failure to deliver possession
- § 55-248.23. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Wrongful failure to supply heat, water, hot water or essential services
- § 55-248.24. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Fire or casualty damage
- § 55-248.25. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Landlord's noncompliance as defense to action for possession for nonpayment of rent
- § 55-248.25:1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Rent escrow required for continuance of tenant's case
- § 55-248.26. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Tenant's remedies for landlord's unlawful ouster, exclusion or diminution of service
- § 55-248.27. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Tenant's assertion; rent escrow
- § 55-248.28. Repealed
Article 5. Landlord Remedies
- § 55-248.31. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Noncompliance with rental agreement; monetary penalty
- § 55-248.31:01. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Barring guest or invitee of tenants
- § 55-248.31:1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Sheriffs authorized to serve certain notices; fees therefor
- § 55-248.32. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Remedy by repair, etc.; emergencies
- § 55-248.33. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Remedies for absence, nonuse and abandonment
- § 55-248.34. Repealed
- § 55-248.34:1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation
- § 55-248.35. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Remedy after termination
- § 55-248.36. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Recovery of possession limited
- § 55-248.37. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Periodic tenancy; holdover remedies
- § 55-248.38. Repealed
- § 55-248.38:1. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Disposal of property abandoned by tenants
- § 55-248.38:2. (Repealed 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
- § 55-248.38:3. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Disposal of property of deceased tenants
Article 6. Retaliatory Action
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