Code of Virginia
Chapter 12 - Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
§ 55.1-1247. Sheriffs authorized to serve certain notices; fee for service

The sheriff of any county or city, upon request, may deliver any notice to a tenant on behalf of a landlord or lessor under the provisions of § 55.1-1245 or 55.1-1415. For this service, the sheriff shall be allowed a fee not to exceed $12.
1981, c. 148, § 55-248.31:1; 1995, c. 51; 2019, c. 712.

Structure Code of Virginia

Code of Virginia

Title 55.1 - Property and Conveyances

Chapter 12 - Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act

§ 55.1-1200. Definitions

§ 55.1-1201. Applicability of chapter; local authority

§ 55.1-1202. Notice

§ 55.1-1203. Application; deposit, fee, and additional information

§ 55.1-1204. Terms and conditions of rental agreement; payment of rent; copy of rental agreement for tenant

§ 55.1-1205. Prepaid rent; maintenance of escrow account

§ 55.1-1206. Landlord may obtain certain insurance for tenant

§ 55.1-1207. Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement

§ 55.1-1208. Prohibited provisions in rental agreements

§ 55.1-1208.1. Rental agreements; child care

§ 55.1-1209. Confidentiality of tenant records

§ 55.1-1210. Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access

§ 55.1-1211. Appointment of resident agent by nonresident property owner; service of process, etc., on such agent or on Secretary of the Commonwealth

§ 55.1-1212. Energy submetering, energy allocation equipment, sewer and water submetering equipment, and ratio utility billing systems; local government fees

§ 55.1-1213. Transfer of deposits upon purchase

§ 55.1-1214. Inspection of dwelling unit; report

§ 55.1-1215. Disclosure of mold in dwelling units

§ 55.1-1216. Disclosure of sale of premises

§ 55.1-1217. Required disclosures for properties located adjacent to a military air installation; remedy for nondisclosure

§ 55.1-1218. Required disclosures for properties with defective drywall; remedy for nondisclosure

§ 55.1-1219. Required disclosures for property previously used to manufacture methamphetamine; remedy for nondisclosure

§ 55.1-1220. Landlord to maintain fit premises

§ 55.1-1221. Landlord to provide locks and peepholes

§ 55.1-1222. Access of tenant to cable, satellite, and other television facilities

§ 55.1-1223. Notice to tenants for insecticide or pesticide use

§ 55.1-1224. Limitation of liability

§ 55.1-1225. Tenancy at will; effect of notice of change of terms or provisions of tenancy

§ 55.1-1226. Security deposits

§ 55.1-1227. Tenant to maintain dwelling unit

§ 55.1-1228. Rules and regulations

§ 55.1-1229. Access; consent; correction of nonemergency conditions; relocation of tenant; security systems

§ 55.1-1230. Access following entry of certain court orders

§ 55.1-1231. Relocation of tenant where mold remediation needs to be performed in the dwelling unit

§ 55.1-1232. Use and occupancy by tenant

§ 55.1-1233. Tenant to surrender possession of dwelling unit

§ 55.1-1234. Noncompliance by landlord

§ 55.1-1235. Early termination of rental agreement by military personnel

§ 55.1-1236. Early termination of rental agreements by victims of family abuse, sexual abuse, or criminal sexual assault

§ 55.1-1237. Notice to tenant in event of foreclosure

§ 55.1-1238. Failure to deliver possession

§ 55.1-1239. Wrongful failure to supply an essential service

§ 55.1-1240. Fire or casualty damage

§ 55.1-1241. Landlord's noncompliance as defense to action for possession for nonpayment of rent

§ 55.1-1242. Rent escrow required for continuance of tenant's case

§ 55.1-1243. Repealed

§ 55.1-1243.1. Tenant's remedies for exclusion from dwelling unit, interruption of services, or actions taken to make premises unsafe

§ 55.1-1244. Tenant's assertion; rent escrow

§ 55.1-1244.1. Tenant's remedy by repair

§ 55.1-1245. (Effective until the later of July 1, 2028 or seven years after the COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency expires) Noncompliance with rental agreement; monetary penalty

§ 55.1-1245. (Effective the later of July 1, 2028, or 7 years after the COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency expires) Noncompliance with rental agreement; monetary penalty

§ 55.1-1246. Barring guest or invitee of a tenant

§ 55.1-1247. Sheriffs authorized to serve certain notices; fee for service

§ 55.1-1248. Remedy by repair, etc.; emergencies

§ 55.1-1249. Remedies for absence, nonuse, and abandonment

§ 55.1-1250. Landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation; tenant's right of redemption

§ 55.1-1251. Remedy after termination

§ 55.1-1252. Recovery of possession limited

§ 55.1-1253. Periodic tenancy; holdover remedies

§ 55.1-1254. Disposal of property abandoned by tenants

§ 55.1-1255. Authority of sheriffs to store and sell personal property removed from residential premises; recovery of possession by owner; disposition or sale

§ 55.1-1256. Disposal of property of deceased tenants

§ 55.1-1257. Who may recover rent or possession

§ 55.1-1258. Retaliatory conduct prohibited

§ 55.1-1259. Actions to enforce chapter

§ 55.1-1260. (Expires July 1, 2024) Establishment of Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; purpose; goals

§ 55.1-1261. (Expires July 1, 2024) Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; administration

§ 55.1-1262. (Expires July 1, 2024) Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; process; court-ordered payment plan