A. Pursuant to the authority granted in Article X, Section 6 (a) (6) of the Constitution of Virginia to exempt property from taxation by designation, and notwithstanding the provisions of § 58.1-3651, the real and personal property of the following organizations, corporations and associations shall be exempt from taxation:
1. Property of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, the Association for the Preservation of Petersburg Antiquities, Historic Richmond Foundation, the Confederate Memorial Literary Society, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, the Virginia Historical Society, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Incorporated, the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation, Incorporated, the Stonewall Jackson Memorial, Incorporated, George Washington's Fredericksburg Foundation, Home Demonstration Clubs, 4-H Clubs, the Future Farmers of America, Incorporated, the posts of the American Legion, posts of United Spanish War Veterans, branches of the Fleet Reserve Association, posts of Veterans of Foreign Wars, posts of the Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of World War I, USA, Incorporated, the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia, the Manassas Battlefield Confederate Park, Incorporated, the Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation, Incorporated, the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the General Organization of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, Incorporated, the Lynchburg Fine Arts Centers, Incorporated, Norfolk Historic Foundation, National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States, Historic Alexandria Foundation, and the Lynchburg Historical Foundation.
2. Property of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated, used for museum, historical, municipal, benevolent or charitable purposes, as long as such corporation continues to be organized and operated not for profit.
3. Property owned by the Virginia Home (previously Virginia Home for Incurables), incorporated by Chapter 533 of the Acts of Assembly of 1893-4, approved March 1, 1894.
4. The property owned by the Waterford Foundation, Incorporated, so long as it continues to be a nonprofit corporation to encourage and assist in restoration work in Waterford and to stimulate the revival of local arts and crafts.
5. Property of Historic Fredericksburg, Incorporated, and of the Clarke County Historical Association, used by such organizations for historical, benevolent or charitable purposes, as long as such corporation continues to be organized and operated not for profit.
6. Property of the Westmoreland Davis Foundation, Inc., so long as it continues to be a nonprofit corporation.
7. Property owned by the Women's Home Incorporated, in Arlington County and used for the rehabilitation of women with substance abuse, so long as it continues to be operated not for profit.
B. Property designated to be exempt from taxation in subsection A which was exempt on July 1, 1971, shall continue to be exempt under the rules of statutory construction applicable to exempt property prior to such date.
Code 1950, § 58-12; 1950, p. 61; 1952, c. 50; 1954, c. 65; 1956, c. 478; 1956, Ex. Sess., c. 16; 1958, c. 361; 1960, c. 396; 1962, c. 129; 1964, c. 198; 1966, c. 582; 1968, cc. 37, 807; 1969, Ex. Sess., c. 9; 1970, cc. 83, 562; 1972, c. 667; 1973, c. 438; 1974, c. 469; 1984, c. 675; 1985, c. 495; 1998, c. 172; 2000, c. 7; 2005, c. 716; 2011, c. 851.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 36 - Tax Exempt Property
§ 58.1-3601. Property becomes taxable immediately upon sale by tax-exempt owner
§ 58.1-3602. Exemptions not applicable to associations, etc., paying death, etc., benefits
§ 58.1-3603. Exemptions not applicable when building is source of revenue
§ 58.1-3604. Tax exemption information
§ 58.1-3605. Triennial application for exemption; removal by local governing body
§ 58.1-3606. Property exempt from taxation by classification
§ 58.1-3606.1. Property indirectly owned by government
§ 58.1-3607. Property exempt from taxation by designation
§ 58.1-3608. Exempt organization's use of property owned by another
§ 58.1-3609. Post-1971 property exempt from taxation by classification
§ 58.1-3610. Volunteer fire departments and volunteer emergency medical services agencies
§ 58.1-3611. Certain boys and girls clubs
§ 58.1-3612. Auxiliaries of the Veterans of World War I
§ 58.1-3613. Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
§ 58.1-3614. Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America
§ 58.1-3615. Home Demonstration Clubs, 4-H Clubs and Future Farmers of America, Inc
§ 58.1-3616. American National Red Cross
§ 58.1-3617. Churches and religious bodies
§ 58.1-3618. College alumni associations and foundations
§ 58.1-3620. Properties inundated by water
§ 58.1-3621. Farm club associations
§ 58.1-3622. Habitat for Humanity and local affiliates or subsidiaries thereof
§ 58.1-3650. Post-1971 property exempt from taxation by designation
§ 58.1-3652. Exempt organization's use of property owned by another
§ 58.1-3660. Certified pollution control equipment and facilities
§ 58.1-3660.1. Certified stormwater management developments and property
§ 58.1-3662. Generating and cogenerating equipment used for energy conversion
§ 58.1-3663. Partial taxation by one political subdivision of utility property owned by another
§ 58.1-3664. Environmental restoration sites
§ 58.1-3665. Partial exemption for erosion control improvements
§ 58.1-3666. Wetlands and riparian buffers; living shorelines
§ 58.1-3667. Effective date of property tax exemption for certified property