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§ 55.1-1200. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 55.1-1201. Applicability of chapter; local authority - A. This chapter shall apply to all jurisdictions in the...
§ 55.1-1202. Notice - A. If the rental agreement so provides, the landlord and...
§ 55.1-1203. Application; deposit, fee, and additional information - A. Any landlord may require a refundable application deposit in...
§ 55.1-1204. Terms and conditions of rental agreement; payment of rent; copy of rental agreement for tenant - A. A landlord and tenant may include in a rental...
§ 55.1-1205. Prepaid rent; maintenance of escrow account - A landlord and a tenant may agree in a rental...
§ 55.1-1206. Landlord may obtain certain insurance for tenant - A. A landlord may require as a condition of tenancy...
§ 55.1-1207. Effect of unsigned or undelivered rental agreement - If the landlord does not sign and deliver a written...
§ 55.1-1208. Prohibited provisions in rental agreements - A. A rental agreement shall not contain provisions that the...
§ 55.1-1208.1. Rental agreements; child care - A rental agreement may contain provisions that allow the operation...
§ 55.1-1209. Confidentiality of tenant records - A. No landlord or managing agent shall release information about...
§ 55.1-1210. Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access - If the tenant refuses to allow lawful access, the landlord...
§ 55.1-1211. Appointment of resident agent by nonresident property owner; service of process, etc., on such agent or on Secretary of the Commonwealth - A. As used in this section, "nonresident property owner" means...
§ 55.1-1212. Energy submetering, energy allocation equipment, sewer and water submetering equipment, and ratio utility billing systems; local government fees - A. As used in this section: "Energy allocation equipment" means...
§ 55.1-1213. Transfer of deposits upon purchase - The current owner of rental property shall transfer any security...
§ 55.1-1214. Inspection of dwelling unit; report - A. The landlord shall, within five days after occupancy of...
§ 55.1-1215. Disclosure of mold in dwelling units - As part of the written report of the move-in inspection...
§ 55.1-1216. Disclosure of sale of premises - A. For the purpose of service of process and receiving...
§ 55.1-1217. Required disclosures for properties located adjacent to a military air installation; remedy for nondisclosure - A. The landlord of property in any locality in which...
§ 55.1-1218. Required disclosures for properties with defective drywall; remedy for nondisclosure - A. If the landlord of a dwelling unit has actual...
§ 55.1-1219. Required disclosures for property previously used to manufacture methamphetamine; remedy for nondisclosure - A. If the landlord of a dwelling unit has actual...
§ 55.1-1220. Landlord to maintain fit premises - A. The landlord shall: 1. Comply with the requirements of...
§ 55.1-1221. Landlord to provide locks and peepholes - The governing body of any locality may require by ordinance...
§ 55.1-1222. Access of tenant to cable, satellite, and other television facilities - No landlord of a multifamily dwelling unit shall demand or...
§ 55.1-1223. Notice to tenants for insecticide or pesticide use - A. The landlord shall give written notice to the tenant...
§ 55.1-1224. Limitation of liability - Unless otherwise agreed, a landlord who conveys premises that include...
§ 55.1-1225. Tenancy at will; effect of notice of change of terms or provisions of tenancy - A notice of any change by a landlord or tenant...
§ 55.1-1226. Security deposits - A. No landlord may demand or receive a security deposit,...
§ 55.1-1227. Tenant to maintain dwelling unit - A. In addition to the provisions of the rental agreement,...
§ 55.1-1228. Rules and regulations - A. A landlord, from time to time, may adopt rules...
§ 55.1-1229. Access; consent; correction of nonemergency conditions; relocation of tenant; security systems - A. 1. The tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent to...
§ 55.1-1230. Access following entry of certain court orders - A. A tenant or authorized occupant who has obtained an...
§ 55.1-1231. Relocation of tenant where mold remediation needs to be performed in the dwelling unit - Where a mold condition in the dwelling unit materially affects...
§ 55.1-1232. Use and occupancy by tenant - Unless otherwise agreed, the tenant shall occupy his dwelling unit...
§ 55.1-1233. Tenant to surrender possession of dwelling unit - At the termination of the term of tenancy, whether by...
§ 55.1-1234. Noncompliance by landlord - Except as provided in this chapter, if there is a...
§ 55.1-1235. Early termination of rental agreement by military personnel - A. Any member of the Armed Forces of the United...
§ 55.1-1236. Early termination of rental agreements by victims of family abuse, sexual abuse, or criminal sexual assault - A. Any tenant who is a victim of (i) family...
§ 55.1-1237. Notice to tenant in event of foreclosure - A. The landlord of a dwelling unit used as a...
§ 55.1-1238. Failure to deliver possession - If the landlord willfully fails to deliver possession of the...
§ 55.1-1239. Wrongful failure to supply an essential service - A. If contrary to the rental agreement or provisions of...
§ 55.1-1240. Fire or casualty damage - If the dwelling unit or premises is damaged or destroyed...
§ 55.1-1241. Landlord's noncompliance as defense to action for possession for nonpayment of rent - A. In an action for possession based upon nonpayment of...
§ 55.1-1242. Rent escrow required for continuance of tenant's case - A. Where a landlord has filed an unlawful detainer action...
§ 55.1-1243. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 403 and...
§ 55.1-1243.1. Tenant's remedies for exclusion from dwelling unit, interruption of services, or actions taken to make premises unsafe - A. A general district court shall enter an order pursuant...
§ 55.1-1244. Tenant's assertion; rent escrow - A. The tenant may assert that there exists upon the...
§ 55.1-1244.1. Tenant's remedy by repair - A. For purposes of this section, "actual costs" means (i)...
§ 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 - A. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, if there...
§ 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 - A. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, if there...
§ 55.1-1246. Barring guest or invitee of a tenant - A. A guest or invitee of a tenant may be...
§ 55.1-1247. Sheriffs authorized to serve certain notices; fee for service - The sheriff of any county or city, upon request, may...
§ 55.1-1248. Remedy by repair, etc.; emergencies - If there is a violation by the tenant of §...
§ 55.1-1249. Remedies for absence, nonuse, and abandonment - If the rental agreement requires the tenant to give notice...
§ 55.1-1250. Landlord's acceptance of rent with reservation; tenant's right of redemption - A. No landlord may accept full payment of rent, as...
§ 55.1-1251. Remedy after termination - If the rental agreement is terminated, the landlord may have...
§ 55.1-1252. Recovery of possession limited - A landlord may not recover or take possession of the...
§ 55.1-1253. Periodic tenancy; holdover remedies - A. The landlord or the tenant may terminate a week-to-week...
§ 55.1-1254. Disposal of property abandoned by tenants - If any items of personal property are left in the...
§ 55.1-1255. Authority of sheriffs to store and sell personal property removed from residential premises; recovery of possession by owner; disposition or sale - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 8.01-156, when personal property is...
§ 55.1-1256. Disposal of property of deceased tenants - A. If a tenant who is the sole tenant under...
§ 55.1-1257. Who may recover rent or possession - Notwithstanding any rule of court to the contrary, (i) any...
§ 55.1-1258. Retaliatory conduct prohibited - A. Except as provided in this section or as otherwise...
§ 55.1-1259. Actions to enforce chapter - In addition to any other remedies in this chapter, any...
§ 55.1-1260. (Expires July 1, 2024) Establishment of Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; purpose; goals - A. There is hereby established the Eviction Diversion Pilot Program...
§ 55.1-1261. (Expires July 1, 2024) Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; administration - Administrative oversight of the implementation of the Program and training...
§ 55.1-1262. (Expires July 1, 2024) Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; process; court-ordered payment plan - A. A tenant in an unlawful detainer case shall be...